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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7463606 | Method for establishing a MIP and performing handoff by a mobile node A method for supporting handoff and preventing data loss in mobile communications networks is provided. The method for a mobile node establishing a mobile Internet protocol (MIP) with at least one or more wireless packet service systems, each of which has a serving ... | 12/09/2008 |
| 7463905 | Cellular telephony mast cable reduction In cellular telephony, a plurality of communication signals which are received at a base station for wireless transmission are multiplexed onto a single physical medium which runs up a mast. This reduces the use of cabling running up the mast with an attendant savin... | 12/09/2008 |
| 7460838 | Control station, a wireless communication system and a wireless communication method A radio communication system by which an additional terminal can be easily registered to group information to set up radio communication between particular terminals, and a new user can conduct radio communication in a short period of time. When a group application ... | 12/02/2008 |
| 7460878 | Radio communication system and radio communication device that periodically compares transmission power with a maximum value to determine a transmission mode In the mobile terminal, the reception quality estimating unit measures a reception quality, and at least one of the data buffer monitoring unit and the transmission power monitoring unit measures a data transmission capability. Based on the measured reception qualit... | 12/02/2008 |
| 7457601 | Precisely timed execution of a measurement or control action and synchronization of several such actions The invention relates to a method for a particularly precise execution of a measurement or control action and to a corresponding controller (9). A temporally periodic synchronization signal (S, S′) generated by a receiver (9) based on a timing refere... | 11/25/2008 |
| 7457583 | Watching method of baseball using mobile communication means of motion picture A baseball game spectating method is composed of input means (score maker system) such as a mobile terminal capable of electronically inputting states of a baseball game successively, the step of successively inputting motions of players and the other information us... | 11/25/2008 |
| 7457585 | Home network server, method for distributing digital broadcasting program, wireless terminal, home network system The home server is a home network server for receiving a broadcasting signal transmitted from a broadcasting station and for transmitting the received broadcasting signal to a wireless terminal by wireless. The home server includes: (i) a digital broadcasting signal... | 11/25/2008 |
| 7457632 | Radio base station apparatus and transmission power control method A wireless base station unit (100) monitors total transmission power, which is a sum of transmission power to all of mobile station terminals (200-203) connected for communication. When the total transmission power exceeds a first threshold valu... | 11/25/2008 |
| 7457615 | Method for processing query effectively in radio data broadcast environment A method for processing query effectively in a radio data broadcast environment is able to minimize a query response time by pre-declaring data items which are wanted to be accessed by a mobile client before the query is operated, and by obtaining data of the pre-de... | 11/25/2008 |
| 7457597 | Signal detection using probabilistic techniques A receiver uses probabilistic techniques to identify the value of a received signal based upon a space of potential signals that may be generated by the transmitter. The receiver uses one or more iterations in which received signal values are compared with potential... | 11/25/2008 |
| 7454227 | Wireless communication module, communication terminal, and impedance matching method A wireless communication module for engaging in communications with a base station, the wireless communication module being incorporated into an information device having an antenna, includes a transmitter, a transmission power being controlled by the base station; ... | 11/18/2008 |
| 7454218 | Method of band multiplexing to improve system capacity for a multi-band communication system A control method of synchronizing communications between or among a plurality of devices in a communication system includes detecting beacons from the plurality of devices in the communication system, and establishing a reservation for at least a portion of the plur... | 11/18/2008 |
| 7454223 | System and method for managing available uplink transmit power A system and method of determining the maximum uplink transmit power of a subscriber station from a remote base station where the subscriber station reports incidents of foldback in its radio to the base station. When the base station receives the report, it reduces... | 11/18/2008 |
| 7454229 | Electronic apparatus and wireless communication terminal In an electronic apparatus which is equipped with a first transmission unit for performing a first communication by an electromagnetic wave; a second transmission unit for performing a second communication by an electromagnetic wave; and a reception unit for receivi... | 11/18/2008 |
| 7454175 | Broadband wireless communications systems and methods using multiple non-contiguous frequency bands/segments Wireless communications transceivers include a transmitter that is configured to selectively frequency shift and transmit portions of broadband information over multiple non-contiguous narrowband frequency bands/segments, each of which is too narrow to carry the bro... | 11/18/2008 |
| 7454239 | Handheld wireless communication device and holder A holder for a handless wireless communication device has triggering means at more than one location interacting with detecting means in the handheld wireless communication device for the handheld wireless communication device to detect whether or not it is present ... | 11/18/2008 |
| 7450962 | Method for reliably managing database in GSM/GPRS hybrid terminal and hybrid terminal Disclosed is a hybrid terminal, which includes a mobile terminal unit for a Global System for Mobile communication (GSM) or a General Packet Radio Service (GPRS), a PDA (Personal Digital Assistant) unit combined with the mobile terminal unit, and a mirror database b... | 11/11/2008 |
| 7450899 | Device and method for saving power during monitoring of a broadcast channel using broadcast scheduling information Scheduling information related to the broadcast service is received otherwise than via a channel to be employed by the broadcast service. A start time of the broadcast service on the channel is determined. Preparation time of the broadcast service, which requires tr... | 11/11/2008 |
| 7450597 | Wireless network device and method for reassociation between wireless networks using the wireless network device A wireless network device and a method for reassociation between wireless networks using the wireless network device designed to simplify a reassociation process of the device moving between the wireless networks are provided. The wireless network device includes a ... | 11/11/2008 |
| 7450532 | Apparatus and method for transmitting data by selected eigenvector in closed loop MIMO mobile communication system Disclosed is a method for transmitting/receiving data by use of feedback information in a closed loop multi input multi output (MIMO) mobile communication system. The method includes the steps of feeding back transmission eigenvector selection information determined... | 11/11/2008 |
| 7450977 | Mobile communication terminal A mobile communication terminal having a digital camera and which is comprised of a first section and a second section. There are four structural states realized by folding up of the mobile communication terminal and rotation of a display section with respect to a b... | 11/11/2008 |
| 7450969 | Two radio interface for mobile communication device for electronic commerce A mobile device (1) for electronic commerce. The device includes a mobile housing (2) and a microprocessor-based unit (6) coupled to a memory storage device (5) in the housing. The device has a power supply (3) that is coupled to t... | 11/11/2008 |
| 7450947 | Method and apparatus for dynamic spectrum sharing A technique for dynamic spectrum sharing includes identifying (705) a plurality of radio nodes (115, 120), measuring (710) a local signal value (SV) at each radio node (110, 200), and determining (715) a transmit decision. Each rad... | 11/11/2008 |
| 7447519 | Multi-mode radio with interference cancellation circuit A multi-mode wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) includes at least one antenna, first and second communication mode receivers and a first communication mode transmitter. The first and second receivers simultaneously receive signals from the antenna. The first tran... | 11/04/2008 |
| 7447480 | Wireless, especially mobile, communication device for communicating with communication devices in vehicles A wireless, in particular mobile, communication device (8) for communicating with communication units (9) in vehicles (5, 6, 7), comprising a transmitter (26) and a receiver (29) for information-containing electromagnetic waves, as... | 11/04/2008 |
| 7447492 | On chip transformer isolator An integrated circuit having voltage isolation capabilities includes a first area of the integrated circuit containing functional circuitry that is located in the substrate of the integrated circuit. A second area of the integrated circuit contains an integrated RF ... | 11/04/2008 |
| 7444144 | Initial cell search in wireless communication systems A method and system for performing initial cell search is disclosed. Step 1 processing is preformed to detect a peak primary synchronization code (PSC) location (i.e. chip offset or chip location). Step 2 processing is performed to obtain the toffset and ... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7444121 | Methods and apparatuses for reducing interference using frequency division multiple access Methods, systems, and apparatuses are described which are capable of mitigating interference between piconets. Devices on a piconet may detect a certain degree of interference. When this interference is deemed as arising from another piconet, the first piconet may c... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7444148 | Temporary wireless number communication system A communication system for providing temporary wireless telephone numbers to wireless call devices. The communication system comprising a first switching system and a service control point. The first switching system is configured to receive a registration request f... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7440752 | Mobile communication terminal, apparatus and system for delivering application software, method for controlling execution state display, program, and recording medium An object of the present invention is to enable smooth performance testing of an application software on a mobile communication terminal and to make execution state information about the application software available solely to authorized persons. The cellular phone... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7440741 | Over-the-air testing of compact flash radio A method and system for over-the-air testing of a radio transreceiver is described. The radio transreceiver is placed in an enclosure box that is shielded to prevent leakage of RF energy. A nest assembly holds in place the radio transreceiver during testing to provi... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7440770 | Portable information input apparatus An input apparatus allowing the improved operability of data entry without noticeable volume changes of a portable device itself and further allowing easy entry of a positional coordinate, a curve, and the like is disclosed. The input apparatus is detachably coupled... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7440728 | Use of separate control channel to mitigate interference problems in wireless networking Described is a system and method for transporting interference-related control data and other information between nodes in a wireless network, using a control channel that is distinct from a content channel used to transport content. The control channel may be a dif... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7440782 | Hinge device for a display for rotation type mobile phone Disclosed is a hinge device for a display rotation type mobile phone comprising a main housing, a folder having a main display device and rotatable around a first hinge axis extending in a direction perpendicular to the length of the main housing and a connection me... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7440769 | Target value control method for transmission power control, base station control device and mobile station used for the same When a reception data block has no error (S1: NO), a target SIRt is updated by a reduction amount according to the count CBN having no reception data block error continuously (S3). That is, when the CBN is 1 to 100, reduction is made by ΔSIRt×BLERt/(1−BLERt) (He... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7440424 | Apparatus and method for detecting duplicate IP addresses in mobile ad hoc network environment An apparatus and method operable to detect duplicate IP addresses in a mobile ad hoc network environment. A network apparatus operable to detect duplicate IP addresses in a mobile ad hoc network environment consistent with the present invention includes a database o... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7437186 | Sliding module for sliding-type portable terminal and sliding-type portable terminal using the same Disclosed is a sliding module for a sliding-type portable terminal having a pair of sliding rail modules adapted to slide the sliding housing of the terminal along a curved path. The sliding module includes a main housing extending along a longitudinal direction, a ... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7437173 | Method for transmitting power control bits and detecting power control rate Method for transmitting a power control bit and for detecting a power control rate, in which a transmission pattern of power control bits is varied with a power control rate, for making blind detection of the power control rate varied from time to time possible, whe... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7436766 | Telecommunication network support for service based policy in roaming configurations An apparatus in one example may have a functionality of a policy decision function divided into two parts; one part representing a home network application function and the other part representing visited network bearer resources and local policies. The one part of ... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7433712 | Multi-access solid state memory devices and a telephone utilizing such A mobile telephone device, comprising, an enclosure; a plurality of hardware components that provide the functionality of a cellular telephone or a satellite telephone, at least some of said components being inside or on said enclosure; a solid state non-volatile st... | 10/07/2008 |
