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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8433353 | Method of communication, emitter and receiver stations and associated computer programs Method of communication, on a radio channel in a network comprising a plurality of telecommunications nodes with which are associated respective values of a metric, including emitting, from a first node, a request on the radio channel, and subsequent to the receipt ... | 04/30/2013 |
| 8364188 | Method and controller for allocating whitespace spectrum Disclosed is a method and apparatus for allocating a set of frequency bands to a plurality of access points. The method includes generating an interference map associated with the set of frequency bands and associated with the plurality of access points. The method ... | 01/29/2013 |
| 8275401 | Data-capable network prioritization with reduced delays in data service A mobile device sends to a wireless network a request for establishing a service. In response to a rejection of the request, the device reattempts the request so long as the total number of requests is less than a predetermined value. When the total number of reject... | 09/25/2012 |
| 8271011 | Audience response system bulk data communication A method for a response device in an audience response system having a plurality of response devices to wirelessly communicate bulk data includes transmitting a signal and receiving data indicating to the response device to transmit data requests. The method further... | 09/18/2012 |
| 8249636 | Method and apparatus for detecting adverse channel conditions and conserving power A wireless device detects for an adverse channel condition, which may be (1) a frequent out of service (FOOS) condition indicative of frequent in and out of service or (2) an unbalanced forward/reverse link condition indicative of unbalanced coverage for the forward... | 08/21/2012 |
| 8126491 | Automatic redial after call establishment failure A mobile station re-tries initiating a call after a previous failure of a call to that number due to poor air interface signal communication. When the mobile station detects such a call failure, it records in memory an indication of the call failure and the number t... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8107985 | Data-capable network prioritization with reduced delays in data service In one illustrative method, a method in a mobile station for use in reducing delays for data communications is described. The mobile station causes a request for packet data service to be sent to a wireless communication network. If the request for the packet data s... | 01/31/2012 |
| 7953428 | Transmitting apparatus, receiving apparatus, and re-transmission control method Excessive quality in the receiving apparatus is controlled to obtain the combined gain by distinctively controlling the re-transmission for the first transmission. A transmitting apparatus for transmitting the data to a receiving apparatus to execute regeneration of... | 05/31/2011 |
| 7904101 | Network-initiated data transfer in a mobile network A method for IP [=Internet Protocol] communication to/from a mobile terminal via a network element in a mobile network. The mobile terminal uses an in-band trigger for establishing an IP connection. The network element uses an out-band trigger (3-8) fo... | 03/08/2011 |
| 7747266 | Data-capable network prioritization with reduced delays in data service In one illustrative method, a periodic location update timer value is broadcasted by a wireless communication network and received and stored in memory of a mobile station. A request for data service is transmitted by the mobile station to a wireless communication n... | 06/29/2010 |
| 7693530 | Ranging resource allocation for wireless devices in networks providing access by Wi-MAX and like protocols A radio access network dynamically compiles history data regarding mobile wireless devices that tend to fail successful ranging, e.g., establishment of Layer 1 communication with a radio access node or base station. The history data is obtained from messages sent fr... | 04/06/2010 |
| 7660596 | Method and apparatus for the ordering of carrier links A method and apparatus for provisioning a physical link to a service provider is disclosed whereby physical link information in a carrier network is store, in one embodiment, in a database within the carrier network or, in another embodiment, in a database shared by... | 02/09/2010 |
| 7587212 | System and method for allocating ranging slots in a broadband wireless access communication system A method for determining a number of ranging slots by a base station (BS) in a broadband wireless access (BWA) communication system. The method includes counting the number of mobile stations (MSs) that succeeded in ranging in a current frame, determining a ranging ... | 09/08/2009 |
| 7561891 | Customization of data session retry mechanism in a wireless packet data service network In one embodiment, a scheme is provided for customization of a mobile communications device's data session retry mechanism in a wireless packet data service network. Upon detecting that a cause code has been returned by a node disposed in a wireless packet data serv... | 07/14/2009 |
| 7430436 | Wireless communication device and transmission power control method of its connection request A mobile station device includes a device for transmitting an access packet to a base station device, and a device for retransmitting the access packet when no acknowledgement is received from the base station in response to the transmission of the access packet. Th... | 09/30/2008 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 7386329 | Wireless communication apparatus and method of wireless communication One of objects of a wireless communication apparatus according to the present invention is to realize stable communication regardless of received signal strength indication and information amount. The wireless communication apparatus for communicating in an autonomo... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7363032 | Methods and apparatus for providing manual selection of a communication network for a mobile station Methods and apparatus for providing manual selection of a communication network for a mobile station are described. A plurality of communication networks are identified by scanning a coverage area within which the mobile station is operating. A plurality of network ... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7359705 | Random access burst transmission scheme The present invention relates to an apparatus for transmitting and receiving signals in a wireless telecommunication system and to a method for transmitting random access bursts in such an apparatus. The apparatus 1 comprises transmitting means 3 for t... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7346321 | Apparatus for associating access points with stations using bid techniques The performance and ease of management of wireless communications environments is improved by a mechanism that enables access points (APs) to perform automatic channel selection. A wireless network can therefore include multiple APs, each of which will automatically... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7328027 | Method for vocoder selection based on loads in coverage areas of a wireless wide area network The load of a coverage area in a wireless wide area network can be used as a basis to determine which vocoder to use in establishing a call between a wireless device in that coverage area and a wireless device in a different coverage area. If the load of the coverag... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7321762 | Mechanism for reserving multiple channels of a single medium access control and physical layer A method and apparatus are disclosed for enabling coexistence in a wireless local-area network between legacy stations and stations that can transmit higher-bandwidth signals. The illustrative embodiment employs a transceiver that can transmit and receive higher-ban... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7315525 | Change of frequency range in a communications system The object of the invention is a method for changing the frequency band used by a mobile station in a mobile station system. The invention is based on the idea that instead of using a fixed threshold value to change the frequency band, it is replaced with a variable... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7305079 | Method and apparatus for communicating with one of plural devices associated with a single telephone number A system for (and a method of) selectively establishing communication with one of plural devices associated with a single telephone number is provided. In a preferred embodiment, the system includes a wireless connect unit connected between an enterprise private bra... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7280821 | Outgoing call handling system and method A cellular system for handling outgoing calls from a mobile station (1) including a network element (8) being capable of recognizing voiced commands and names, and has in memory a database of telephone numbers corresponding to an array of names. The mo... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7274945 | Transmission channel selection apparatus The performance and ease of management of wireless communications environments is improved by a mechanism that enables access points (APs) to perform automatic channel selection. A wireless network can therefore include multiple APs, each of which will automatically... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7260392 | Seamless teardown of direct link communication in a wireless LAN In a wireless local area network (LAN), a source node initially communicates with a destination node using a direct link. After the destination node moves to a different location and becomes associated with a new access point (AP), the destination node notifies the ... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7257419 | Method for attempting to establish a connection between a mobile station and a wireless communication system including a parameter identifying reason for a previously failed reconnection attempt and a parameter indicating a number of times that the reason occurred A wireless communication system wherein wireless infrastructure adapts access parameters and manages channel resources based on detailed reconnection information obtained from individual mobile stations. Mobile stations transmit particular reconnection attempt statu... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7228134 | Method of minimizing reverse channel interference caused by an abnormally high number of access attempts in a wireless communications system When an overload condition is determined to exist at a base station in a wireless communications system based on the number of unsuccessful access attempts to access the system relative to the successful access attempts to access the system, the base station broadca... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7228211 | Telematics device for vehicles with an interface for multiple peripheral devices In one embodiment, the invention provides an in-vehicle telematics system featuring: 1) a controller; 2) a diagnostics system configured to receive diagnostic information from a host vehicle; 3) a position-locating system configured to determine the host vehicle's l... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7212825 | Network communication system using a single reservation request made with randomly generated information to identify a node A network communication system is provided for communication between network nodes, including individual nodes and a central control station node. In the network, signals are transmitted from the central control node to identify specific timeslots in which individua... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7209748 | Network communication system using a single reservation request over one or more assigned frequencies to identify a node A network communication system is provided for communication between network nodes, including individual nodes and a central control station node. In the network, signals are transmitted from the central control node to identify one or more frequencies that the node... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7206556 | Wireless transmitter control lockout Modification of transmission control parameters is prevented during data transmission in a wireless transmitter. A lockout unit is used to prevent modification of the transmission control parameters during data transmission and allow modification of the transmission... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7203508 | Mobile communication systems, mobile communication methods, base stations, mobile stations, and signal transmission methods in the mobile communication systems A mobile station is configured to measure receiving qualities of respective signals from a first antenna and a second antenna of a base station (S3, S5), store the results of the measurement, and request the base station to retransmit a signal from an ... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7200406 | Network communication system using a single reservation request made from a node to transmit its data A network communication system is provided for communication between network nodes, including individual nodes and a central control station node. In the network, signals are transmitted from the central control node to identify specific timeslots in which individua... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7197328 | Method and apparatus for increasing success rate of push-to-talk access in a mobile communications network A method and computer program for initiating a message to a radio access network include steps of: (404) detecting a request to transmit a probe message from a transmitter over an access channel to a radio access network; (406) calculating a transmit p... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7184707 | Communication device and a method for controlling the communication device A communication device and a method for controlling a communication device that can load or unload service information at appropriate timings by flexibly designating discriminating conditions of connection or disconnection of a link. A service manager reads out nece... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7177644 | Distributed multi-beam wireless system A wireless network has nodes, which can be accessed by wireless terminals via wireless access links, coupled via wireless transit links using multiple directional antenna beams. The nodes are self-organizing and self-adapting as nodes are added and as other changes ... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7174128 | Radio communication system and radio communication method In a service area of base station 101 is provided at least one relay station 102 that executes processing for non real time data repeat request from communication terminal 103 as a substitute for base station 101, thereby removing the pro... | 02/06/2007 |
