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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8107970 | System and method for converged network services Systems and methods for providing services for stations supported by a residential gateway are provided. The residential gateway can support one or more fixed-line station and/one or more mobile stations. The mobile stations can be supported by a wireless macro netw... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8060106 | Method and system for acquisition of a service provider communications network by a mobile communications device A method and system for acquisition of a service provider communications network by a mobile communications device is disclosed. In accordance with an embodiment of a method of the present invention, the method includes storing a control channel designation in a dat... | 11/15/2011 |
| 7970410 | Method and apparatus for remote initiation of ARINC 615 downloads A method and apparatus for remotely downloading data from a selected one of a plurality of avionics line replaceable units (LRUs) on an aircraft. In one configuration, a method includes transmitting a message wirelessly to a receiver on the aircraft identifying an L... | 06/28/2011 |
| 7917151 | Flexible network architecture with user group support A base station of a mobile communication network is connected to a core network and is operable in a normal mode and in a direct mode. The base station detects a request originating from a first user equipment to communicate with a second user equipment. The first u... | 03/29/2011 |
| 7904094 | Method for reducing wireless communication procedure failure A method for reducing wireless communication procedure failure. The method can include initiating a procedure over an existing radio resource control connection on a universal mobile telecommunication system. The method can also include receiving a connection releas... | 03/08/2011 |
| 7860514 | Method for transmitting common control information in a wireless mobile communication system A method for transmitting common control information in a wireless mobile communication system is provided. The method includes transmitting common control information by a first Base Station (BS) to a second BS and broadcasting by the second BS the common control i... | 12/28/2010 |
| 7826855 | Data transmission method and data retransmission method A method which can reduce loss in data transmission is provided. A data block is prepared in a high-level layer and the data block is transmitted in a low-level layer. Status report information associated with reception or non-reception of the data block is received... | 11/02/2010 |
| 7660587 | Communications from hypertext documents Efficient and effective communications are initiated from the selection, at a first user device, of a link in a resource. Based on this selection, a communications request is transmitted to a server. In addition, identification information of a second user device (s... | 02/09/2010 |
| 7499709 | Method and apparatus for closed loop transmit diversity in a wireless communications system The performance of closed loop transmit diversity (CLTD) systems may be improved, in accordance with aspects of the present invention, by encoding antenna control information fed back from a mobile station to a base station. As compared to prior art CLTD systems tha... | 03/03/2009 |
| 7496368 | Method and device for controlling frequency selection within a wireless communication system The invention relates to a method and a device for controlling frequency selection within a wireless communication system in response to radar-like interference signals. The method comprises continuously or quasi-continuously monitoring and assessing a plurality of ... | 02/24/2009 |
| 7454215 | Communication method, communication apparatus and communication system A communication method enabling communication on a predetermined mobile communication network and communication on a predetermined wireless communication network different from the predetermined mobile communication network, includes the step of: switching, means fo... | 11/18/2008 |
| 7443972 | Method and apparatus for in-progress call forwarding The present invention is a method and system for transferring calls among communicating devices connected through a public network. The service is offered by a public network to permit a party in a ongoing conversation to transfer a call to another communicating dev... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7437170 | System and method for efficient push-to-talk communications A system and method are provided for efficient push-to-talk (PTT) communications in a cellular network of wireless telephones. The method comprises the steps of: receiving a PTT session initiation in a cellular wireless telephone network; identifying a plurality of ... | 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 |
| 7429914 | System and method for CDMA geolocation A system and method is disclosed for determining the location of a mobile appliance using the reverse pilot channel provided in CDMA 2000 communication systems to determine an attribute (e.g., time of arrival, angle of arrival, time difference of arrival, received p... | 09/30/2008 |
| RE40518 | Channel assignment method for a base station in a mobile communication system There is disclosed a method for performing channel assignment in a base station for a mobile communication system. Upon receipt of a request for assigning a channel to a mobile station, a base station transceiver system (BTS) generates a connect message including ch... | 09/23/2008 |
| 7428277 | Method of determining an acquisition indicator bit in a communication system A method of determining an acquisition indicator bit AIs at a receiver in a communication system which includes receiving multiplexed acquisition indicator bits y=B×AI+n, where B is the signature matrix known at both base station and UE, AI is all the ac... | 09/23/2008 |
| 7423995 | Criteria for tearing down network links The present invention, which may be embodied in or carried out by various components of a data communications network, provides an improved criterion for tearing down network links. The invention allows network components to take into account the quality, status and... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7412263 | Advisory alert of low signal strength for cell phone user The invention provides an advisory alert indicating conditions are such that an ongoing telephone call involving a cellular telephone may be dropped due to insufficient signal strength. A decrease in signal strength over time that exceeds a specified percentage decr... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7406062 | Method for selecting a channel in a wireless network A method for selecting one channel from a plurality of channels in a wireless network system is disclosed. The channels include at least one in-use channel, a first idle channel, and a second idle channel. The method includes comparing the frequency band of the in-u... | 07/29/2008 |
| 7403758 | Linearized and balanced mixer apparatus and signal mixing method Method and apparatus are provided for linearized balanced signal mixing. A signal mixing circuit (10) for translating a radio frequency (RF) signal is provided comprising an input amplifier (12), a mixer network (14), and an output buffer amplif... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7400605 | Method for determining when a communication device should rate shift or roam in a wireless environment Methods for improving communication performance in a wireless communication system where the wireless communication system has at least one mobile wireless communication device and a plurality of transmitter/receiver sites. The transmitter/receiver sites have a geog... | 07/15/2008 |
| 7389115 | Method for handling service requests in a mobile telecommunication network The method of the invention handles a request message from a mobile station to a content provider in a network comprising at least said mobile station, said content provider and a radio system with a first component for directing messages sent from and to mobile sta... | 06/17/2008 |
| 7389107 | Reactive management of dropped calls in a wireless communication system A method and system is disclosed for reactively managing dropped calls in a wireless communication system. A mobile station determines that it has experienced a dropped call. In response, the mobile station allows a user to continue communicating, such as by recordi... | 06/17/2008 |
| 7380033 | Communication apparatus implementing time domain isolation with restricted bus access A communication apparatus includes a radio frequency circuit that operates on a radio frequency signal and a digital processing circuit coupled to the radio frequency circuit. The digital processing circuit includes a plurality of bus masters coupled to a shared bus... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7379746 | Method for transmitting power control information for HS-SCCH in mobile communication system A method for controlling transmission power of shared control channel for high speed downlink shared channel (HS-SCCH) in an UMTS system adopting a high speed downlink packet access (HSDPA) is disclosed in which a power offset value for power control of HS-SCCH is d... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7369869 | Method and system of scanning a TDMA channel A method and system for scanning a TDMA channel by a subscriber unit in a wireless communications landscape 100 is disclosed. The subscriber unit locks onto a channel that is preprogrammed in the subscriber unit. A base radio transmits a control message to th... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7369867 | Method and system for the prevention of unwanted wireless telecommunications The invention of present speaks to a method and system for the prevention of unwanted wireless telecommunications which is implemented as part of a computer program product in (preferentially) the telecommunications operator's network, which meets and/or exceeds muc... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7366192 | Methods and system for fast session establishment between equipment using H.324 and related telecommunications protocols A method of processing a call with reduced call set-up times using one or more telecommunication networks includes providing one or more preferences for a call associated with a first terminal and a second terminal. The one or more preferences are associated with an... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7366154 | Forward error correction scheme for high rate data exchange in a wireless system A transmitter/receiver system for high data transfer in a wireless communication system includes a physical layer processor that comprises an FEC coder, a demultiplexer and a plurality of modem processors. The FEC coder applies error correction codes to the high dat... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7366534 | Wireless communication apparatus, method thereof, and wireless communication system employing the same A wireless communication apparatus, a method thereof, and a wireless communication system employing the same. The wireless communication apparatus for transmitting and receiving data wirelessly includes a transmitting portion for transmitting the data through at lea... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7363008 | Spectrum sharing in the unlicensed band The invention provides methods for autonomous detection and adaptation with respect to an interfering signal on a frequency channel to assist a wireless device on a wireless network in choosing an appropriate frequency channel. According to embodiments, a method det... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7363036 | Procedure for registering a new subscriber in a radio system through routers On registration of a new subscriber in a radio system with a central system and a plurality of subscribers the new subscriber first sends a search telegram to all the subscribers that it can reach in its radio range and selects from the subscribers that respond a fi... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7359720 | Mobility extended telephone application programming interface and method of use A system and method of for exchanging information between a wireless network and an external system is disclosed. The wireless network detects trigger events related to communications with wireless subscribers. Certain event triggers cause the wireless system to cre... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7356342 | Wireless LAN base station and communication control method at wireless LAN base station This invention provides a wireless LAN base station capable of accommodating all of the client terminal stations if the number of client terminal stations wirelessly connected to the wireless LAN base station increases and capable of reducing power consumption if th... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7349379 | Channel normalization Soft estimate normalization for weighted multiantenna high-order modulation data channel together with separate antenna pilot channels using averaging in first time slots of a transmission time interval with corrections for subsequent time slots. ... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7349697 | Mobile communication system, mobile terminal, subscriber information management apparatus, mobile network system, location area information registration method and call control method A mobile terminal can be loaded with a plurality of subscriber identity module cards at the same time, and register the condition to a mobile communication network. The mobile terminal comprises detects a loading of a recording medium (such as an IC card like the SI... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7343171 | Method and system for interrupting a dispatch call The invention concerns a method (300) and system (100) for interrupting a dispatch call. The method can be practiced in a dispatch communications system (100) having at least a first communications channel (162) for carrying voice traffic... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7343167 | System and method for controlling an operational mode of a MAC layer in a broadband wireless access communication system A method for controlling operation modes of a medium access control layer by a mobile subscriber station in a broadband wireless access communication system including the mobile subscriber station and a serving base station providing service to the mobile subscriber... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7340264 | Methods and apparatus for providing consistency in SMS message timestamp formatting for mobile communication devices Methods and apparatus for providing consistency in Short Message Service (SMS) timestamp formatting (UTC or non-UTC) for mobile communication devices are disclosed. In one illustrative example, a method involves receiving an SMS message intended for a mobile communi... | 03/04/2008 |
