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| 20080242305 | Location Based Handoff for Mobile Devices - Mobile devices ( | 10-02-2008 |
| 20080254801 | Method and apparatus for establishing a priority call in a fixed wireless access communication system - A wireless communication system has a plurality of subscriber stations linked by radio with a network infrastructure coupled to a correspondent node. A call is originated at a subscriber station apparatus. The apparatus includes a call establishment message generator coupled to receive an origination indication of the call. The call establishment message generator generates a call establishment message to initiate call set-up procedures that precurse a request to establish the call between the subscriber station and the correspondent node. The apparatus also includes a response detector coupled to receive an indication of a network-infrastructure generated response to the call establishment message. The response detector detects whether the response to the call establishment message indicates that communication resources are available to establish the call. The apparatus further includes a call set-up emulator coupled to the response detector. The call set-up emulator emulates normal call set-up operations at the subscriber station at least for a period responsive to detection by the response detector of unavailability of the communication resources to establish the priority call. | 10-16-2008 |
| 20080254802 | MOBILE CONTROL DEVICE AND HANDOVER CONTROL METHOD - The present invention is a handover control method in a mobile communication system that performs handover control by switching base stations that communicate with a mobile terminal as the mobile terminal moves. In this handover control method, a mobile control device selects one or more handover base station candidates based on the communication state, and based on the communication capabilities of the handover base station candidates, decides a transmission rate for multicasting communication data, and transmits communication data to each of the handover base station candidates at the decided transmission rate, and a handover base station candidate that is decided as a handover base station sends the saved multicast communication data to the mobile terminal. | 10-16-2008 |
| 20090017825 | METHOD FOR ALLOCATING OF AT LEAST ONE ACCESS POINT TO A MOBILE TERMINAL IN A CELLULAR NETWORK, CORRESPONDING TERMINAL, MOBILE SERVER AND PROGRAMS - A method is provided for allocating at least one access point to a mobile terminal in a cellular network formed by multiple cells each controlled by an access point, wherein the mobile terminals move about. The method includes the following steps: locating a mobile terminal inside a current cell; identifying, using the locating, a target cell with which the terminal is likely to be connected; transmitting in advance to the terminal a target context, comprising at least one identifier of the access point of the target cell; implementing a procedure for connecting said terminal to the access point of the target cell, based on predetermined cell modification criterion. | 01-15-2009 |
| 20090054067 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GESTURE-BASED COMMAND AND CONTROL OF TARGETS IN WIRELESS NETWORK - A method and apparatus to identify a remote target in a local wireless network and provide at least one command to the identified remote target. The remote target is identified and commanded or controlled by moving a device through a sequence of first and second movements. These movements may form a part of a gesture language set. The first movement may be carried out by pointing the device toward the remote target device to identify the remote target. If the second movement corresponds with at least one movement characteristic associated with a command, the command is provided to the identified remote target. | 02-26-2009 |
| 20090111473 | Cooperative Communication in Wireless Cellular Networks - A method and system communicates cooperatively between base stations and mobile stations in a wireless cellular network. At least two mobile stations are detected in a handover region. A diversity set is established for each mobile station in the handover region. Each diversity set identifies at least two base stations that can communicate with the associated mobile station. The at least two base stations and the at least two mobile stations are combined into members of a cooperation set. A resource is allocated to selected members of the cooperative set. The selected members are notified of the allocated resource. Then, the selected base stations of the cooperation set communicate concurrently with the selected mobile stations using the same allocated resource. | 04-30-2009 |
| 20090117907 | Adaptive Enhanced Cell Identity Positioning - The present invention introduces methods and devices for provision of position determination assisting data as well as methods, devices and systems for performing position determinations based on this assisting data. The position determination assisting data comprises area definitions, each of which being related at least to a respective cell relation configuration ( | 05-07-2009 |
| 20090117908 | MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS - A mobile handset is capable of establishing communication through a cellular network ( | 05-07-2009 |
| 20090176497 | Method and arrangement for determining at least one suggestion for a change of location for a user of a mobile terminal - According to a current user location, at least one favorable user location in the vicinity of a respective current user location for a mobile terminal is, as a suggestion for changing location, determined from communications requests for at least one respective application and from available network services in the vicinity of the current user location by virtue of the fact that, in favorable locations, network services can be more efficiently and/or economically used. | 07-09-2009 |
| 20090247169 | Base Transceiver Station, Mobile Station, And Wireless Communication Method - A base transceiver station used in a wireless communication system in which the location of each base transceiver station antenna is included in a coverage area of another base transceiver station antenna, the base transceiver station including a measuring unit measuring a distance between a mobile station and a base transceiver station antenna to which the mobile station is communicatively connected. The base transceiver station includes a switching unit switching the communication connection of the mobile station to another base transceiver station antenna when the distance measured by the measuring unit becomes less than or equal to a predetermined value. | 10-01-2009 |
| 20090280816 | Base Station Apparatus And Cell Switching Determination Method - The base station apparatus includes a calculating unit configured to calculate a total communication throughput value for every cell by totalizing communication throughput in the selected cell of each mobile terminal on a cell-basis, a receiving unit configured to receive reception quality information of the selected cell and the reception quality information of another movement destination cell in the plurality of cells, a judging unit configured to judge whether or not the mobile terminal is in a cell switching zone by obtaining a difference between the reception quality information of the selected cell and of the movement destination cell, and a determining unit configured to determine, if the mobile terminal is judged to be in the cell switching zone, the cell switching to the movement destination cell as a newly selected cell by comparing the total communication throughput value of the selected cell with that of the movement destination cell. | 11-12-2009 |
| 20100029284 | Mobile Video Internet, Cellular and Location Finder System - Mobile video internet, cellular and location finder system for receiving and processing a Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexed (OFDM) signal into a processed video baseband signal and a processor and transmit filter for processing and filtering a video signal for providing a processed and filtered Time Division Multiple Access (TDMA) video or a video Wideband Code Division Multiple Access (WCDMA) signal for transmission in a mobile cellular system. | 02-04-2010 |
| 20100056159 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SWITCHING BASE STATION THEREOF - A wireless communication system and a method for switching a base station (BS) thereof are provided. In the present invention, a globe positioning system (GPS) of a mobile apparatus is capable of obtaining a location information about the mobile apparatus. On receiving the location information transmitted from the mobile apparatus, a server end apparatus switches to a corresponding BS of a serving area where the mobile apparatus is located so as to serve the mobile apparatus. | 03-04-2010 |
| 20100105394 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR SELECTIVE DATA COMMUNICATIONS FOR MULTI-MODE DEVICES - A method and apparatus for selectively utilizing short-range radio access technologies (RATs) when available to connect a multi-mode wireless device to a network are provided. | 04-29-2010 |
| 20100113034 | Next Generation Cell Phone - A system and method are disclosed. The system includes a wireless headset. The wireless headset includes a network receiver to receive beacon signals from wireless access points. A beacon table contains data extracted from the received beacon signals. A wireless network selector selects a wireless access point based on the data in the beacon table. The system further includes a voice agent application coupled to the wireless headset and a special-purpose application coupled to the voice agent application. | 05-06-2010 |
| 20100120435 | Use of Radio Access Technology Diversity for Location - Various aspects are disclosed herein for determining a location estimate for multi-mode mobile devices using measurements from one or more radio access technologies and providing a combined location solution. Using the multiple radio access technology capability of the wireless communications system, a mobile communications device may be located on a first radio network characterized by a first radio modulation technique, radio network topology, and channel bandwidth. The mobile communications device may then be handed off to a second radio network and located using a second radio network characterized by a second radio modulation technique, radio network topology, and channel bandwidth. The two location estimates may then be used to develop a combined location estimate. | 05-13-2010 |
| 20100124931 | LOCATION-BASED, EVENT TRIGGERED INTER-RADIO ACCESS TECHNOLOGY HANDOVERS FROM A CDMA MACROCELL TO A WCDMA FEMTOCELL - The present invention provides a method for implementation in mobile unit that is configured to communicate with a wireless communication system that includes macrocells and femtocells. The macrocells and the femtocells use different generation radio access technologies. The method includes determining a distance between the mobile unit and the femtocell(s) and transmitting a first measurement report when the distance between the mobile unit and the femtocell(s) is less than a threshold distance. The method also includes performing an inter-radio access technology handoff from the base transceiver station to the femtocell when the distance is less than a threshold distance. | 05-20-2010 |
| 20100273491 | Method and System for Estimating Road Traffic - A method of estimating road traffic on a roads network, comprising: receiving information from at least one information source, wherein the information received from the at least one information source is one among a first information type and a second information type; defining at least two different information processing methods, each one associated with a respective one of said information type; selecting the information processing method based on the available information type and on predefined criteria; and processing with the selected information processing method the corresponding available information type; and providing an estimation of the road traffic based on the result of said processing. | 10-28-2010 |
| 20100279696 | METHOD AND A DEVICE FOR ENABLING A MOBILE TERMINAL TO BE DETECTED BY AT LEAST ONE BASE STATION - A method and associated device for enabling a mobile terminal to be detected by at least one base station of a wireless cellular telecommunication network. The method obtains information representative of the location of the mobile terminal, and transfers a predetermined signal if the location of the mobile terminal is included in a geographical area of a base station associated to the mobile terminal, the predetermined signal being representative of a request to the base station to transfer signals in the cell of the base station. | 11-04-2010 |
| 20100297999 | USER APPARATUS AND PAGING CHANNEL RECEPTION METHOD - A user apparatus which performs, when there is a change in a cell visited, a re-selection of a cell to camp on is disclosed. The user apparatus includes a tracking area ID determining unit which determines whether a new ID of a tracking area that is transmitted from one or more base station apparatuses matches a tracking area ID of a cell visited immediately before the cell re-selection; and a paging reception unit which conducts a paging reception using a paging parameter in the cell visited immediately before the cell re-selection when it is determined that the new ID of the tracking area matches the tracking area ID of the cell visited immediately before the cell re-selection. | 11-25-2010 |
| 20100298000 | Wireless Communication Method for Updating Reference Channel Information and System Thereof - A wireless communication system capable of updating current reference channel information is provided. The wireless communication system includes a control apparatus and a plurality of reference information generating apparatuses. The wireless communication range of the control apparatus covers a plurality of regions. The reference information generating apparatuses, respectively placed in the regions, respectively report their reference position information and reference channel information to the control apparatus. When the control apparatus receives current position information from a target mobile communication apparatus, a current region among the regions is determined according to the current position information, and the control apparatus updates reference channel information according to the current region to the target mobile communication apparatus in real time. | 11-25-2010 |
| 20100311423 | Communication Terminal Out of Range Determination Method, Wireless Communication System Switching Method and Communication Terminal - There is provided a communication terminal out of range determination method, a wireless communication system switching method and a communication terminal, capable of determining accurately whether or not a communication terminal is out of range. Determining whether or not the communication terminal is out of range is based on a transmission level of a transmission signal from the communication terminal to a base station. | 12-09-2010 |
| 20100311424 | MOBILE STATION, A MOBILE RADIO COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, A MOBILE RADIO COMMUNICATION METHOD AND A MOBILE RADIO COMMUNICATION PROGRAM - In a mobile radio communication method in which a mobile station moves among a plurality of base stations at high speed, in order to solve a problem of increase in the amount of operation and its related increase in the amount of power consumption and heat emission which is resulted for maintaining good communication quality of communication by the mobile station which moves at high speed to the direction for approaching the base station or moving away from it, it provides detecting means for detecting changes in relative positions to a plurality of base stations, and selecting means for selecting an uplink signal reception base station which receives an uplink signal and selecting one or plural base stations, fluctuation of increase and decrease of which of distance from own mobile station is an opposite manner compared with a case of the uplink signal receiving base station, based on changes in the relative positions detected by said detecting means as a downlink signal transmission base station which transmits a downlink signal. | 12-09-2010 |
| 20100317349 | COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM - A user communications device having active and idle states operates in a cellular communications network in which user communications devices communicate via network communications devices of cells of the network. History data identifying the cells in which the user communications device has been present whilst in the idle state is maintained. This history data is used by the user communications device or by a network communications device to enable adjustment of cell selection/reselection parameters for the user communications device in the active state. | 12-16-2010 |
| 20100323705 | ACCESS GATEWAY DEVICE AND TRACKING AREA IDENTIFIER NOTIFICATION METHOD - An access gateway device is disclosed that is used in a mobile communication system and that is capable of storing an identifier of a tracking area in which a mobile station in communication is located. The access gateway device includes a table unit storing a table having a corresponding relationships between a tracking area and a base station managing a cell included in the tracking area; a tracking area identifier comparison unit referring to the table at a predetermined timing, detecting the identifier of the tracking area in which the mobile station is located, and comparing the detected identifier of the tracking area with the stored identifier; and a tracking area identifier notification unit notifying the mobile station of the detected identifier of the tracking area when the detected identifier of the tracking area is different from the stored identifier based on a result of the comparison. | 12-23-2010 |
| 20110021199 | MOBILE COMMUNICATION METHOD AND RADIO BASE STATION - A mobile communication method according to the present invention includes the steps: transmitting, from an exchange (MME) to a first radio base station (eNB), a location information reporting instruction which provides an instruction to report location information on a mobile station (UE); reporting, the first radio base station (eNB) to the exchange (MME), the location information on the mobile station (UE), in accordance with the location information reporting instruction; transmitting, the location information reporting instruction to a second radio base station (eNB), in a handover procedure of the mobile station (UE) from the first radio base station (eNB) to the second radio base station (eNB); and reporting, from the second radio base station (eNB) to the exchange (MME), the location information on the mobile station (UE), in accordance with the location information reporting instruction. | 01-27-2011 |
| 20110124341 | LOCATION REGISTRATION AREA ASSIGNING METHOD AND WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A call processing control apparatus automatically detects that a lot of handover and location registration simultaneously occur, and notifies a monitor control server. The monitor control server receiving the notification from the call processing control apparatus transmits a TAI change request to a base station so that a tracking area identity (TAI) of a movement destination cell where congestion occurs and a tracking area identity of a movement origin cell have the same value. The base station receiving the TAI change request message from the monitor control server changes its own TAI value. After that, all mobile devices perform only handover when they move between the cells where the TAI values are changed, and does not perform location registration. | 05-26-2011 |
| 20110159875 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GEOGRAPHICALLY LOCATING A CELLULAR PHONE - According to an embodiment of the invention, there is disclosed a method for geographically locating a cellular phone. The method comprises: determining an effective cell-area for each of a first cell and a second cell in a cellular network; and determining a handover area within which the cellular phone is likely to be located when control of the cellular phone is transferred from the first cell to the second cell; wherein the determination of the handover area and the effective cell-area for each of the first cell and the second cell are made based on a topological relationship between the first cell and the second cell. Further related apparatus embodiments are also disclosed. | 06-30-2011 |
| 20110171963 | DE-REGISTRATION METHOD, HOME NODEB (HNB), AND HOME NODEB GATEWAY (HNB GW) - The present invention relates to the field of communication technology, and a de-registration method, a Home NodeB (HNB) and a Home NodeB Gateway (HNB GW) are disclosed. In an embodiment, the present invention provides a de-registration method, comprising: initiating, by an HNB GW, release of pre-registration resources corresponding to user equipment (UE) after the HNB GW receives indication information indicating that the UE moves to another cell from a source HNB. Applying the embodiment of the present invention can release pre-registration resources in time and reduce waste of resources. | 07-14-2011 |
| 20110250894 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, BASE STATION, AND WIRELESS COMMUNICATION METHOD - A wireless communication system, includes: a first base station; a second base station; a first terminal which transmits call connection data to the first base station; a second terminal which receives a call connection request; and a management device which manages location and movement of the first terminal, wherein the first base station employs a handover procedure to notify the management device, when receiving the call connection data from the first terminal, that a call connection destination of the second terminal which has received the call connection request is changed, and notifies the first terminal about a frequency of the second base station, and the first terminal transmits call connection data to the second base station based on the notified frequency. | 10-13-2011 |
| 20110256875 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SUPPORTING LOCATION SERVICES VIA A HOME NODE B (HNB) - Techniques for supporting location services for a home Node B (HNB) and its user equipments (UEs) are disclosed. In an aspect, location services may be supported for a UE by having an HNB inter-work between user plane and control plane location solutions. In one design, the HNB receives a request for a location service for the UE and communicates (i) with a location server via the user plane location solution and (ii) with the UE via the control plane location solution to support the location service for the UE. The HNB inter-works between the user plane and control plane location solutions. In another aspect, a location server may be used to support assisted GNSS (A-GNSS) for HNBs and UEs. In one design, an HNB exchanges PCAP messages with the location server via an HNB GW and exchanges RRC messages with a UE to support a location service for the UE. | 10-20-2011 |
| 20110294510 | Method and Arrangement for Real-Time Difference Determination for Mobile Terminal Processing - In a method of providing real time difference determination for a mobile terminal in a telecommunication system, comprising a plurality of eNodeBs in communication with a core network, each eNodeB having a plurality of associated cells, each cell potentially servicing one or more mobile terminals, determining S | 12-01-2011 |
| 20110319086 | BASE-STATION DEVICE AND HANDOVER METHOD - A base-station device that forms a first cell in a wireless communication system in which a plurality of second cells are included in the first cell, includes: a reception unit configured to receive control information including information used to specify the location of a mobile terminal from the mobile terminal located in the first cell; a location information storage unit configured to store location information indicating the location of each of the plural second cells; a selection unit configured to select, based on a result obtained by comparing the location of the mobile terminal with the location information, a neighboring cell that can be a destination to which the mobile terminal is handed over from the first cell, from among the plural second cells; and a transmission unit configured to transmit to the mobile terminal a neighboring cell notification message giving notice of the selected neighboring cell. | 12-29-2011 |
| 20110319087 | MOBILE COMMUNICATION METHOD, RADIO BASE STATION, RADIO NETWORK CONTROLLER, AND EXCHANGE STATION - A mobile communication method according to the present invention includes step A of notifying, by a radio base station NodeB | 12-29-2011 |
| 20120040681 | AREA-TRIGGERED LOCATION SERVICE METHOD, LOCATION SERVICE SERVER, AND LOCATION SERVICE TERMINAL - An area-triggered location service method is provided, which includes: receiving, by a location service server, area-triggered location service request information; saving, by the location service server, identification information of a location service terminal and a triggered report condition carried in the area-triggered location service request information; sending, by the location service server, a subscription instruction to the location service terminal according to the identification information of the location service terminal, so that the location service terminal reports location information of a cell in which the location service terminal is located after receiving the subscription instruction; receiving, by the location service server, the cell location information reported by the location service terminal; and judging, whether the cell location information meets the triggered report condition, and sending area-triggered notification information of the location service terminal if the cell location information meets the triggered report condition. | 02-16-2012 |
| 20120083278 | POSITIONING MEASUREMENTS AND CARRIER SWITCHING IN MULTI-CARRIER WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS - In a multi-carrier wireless communication network, positioning-aware switching of a primary carrier from a first carrier to a second carrier for a UE is constrained to enable one or more positioning measurements to be performed. Either the selection of the second carrier, the timing of switching from the first to the second carrier, or both, are constrained to enable and enhance the positioning performance. The constraints may be operative at a serving node of the network, at a UE, or both. Further constraints may be applied to the network to enhance positioning performance. Carrier switching may be across Radio Access Technology (RAT), and the positioning constraints may include configuring or re-configuring a device to perform positioning measurements in measurement gaps (e.g., on a secondary carrier in LTE systems when Positioning Reference Signals are not transmitted on the primary carrier). | 04-05-2012 |
| 20120094676 | MOBILE COMMUNICATION METHOD AND RADIO BASE STATION - A mobile communication method according to the present invention includes the steps: transmitting, from an exchange (MME) to a first radio base station (eNB), a location information reporting instruction which provides an instruction to report location information on a mobile station (UE); reporting, the first radio base station (eNB) to the exchange (MME), the location information on the mobile station (UE), in accordance with the location information reporting instruction; transmitting, the location information reporting instruction to a second radio base station (eNB), in a handover procedure of the mobile station (UE) from the first radio base station (eNB) to the second radio base station (eNB); and reporting, from the second radio base station (eNB) to the exchange (MME), the location information on the mobile station (UE), in accordance with the location information reporting instruction. | 04-19-2012 |
| 20120165024 | HANDOVER PROPERTIES ESTIMATION SYSTEM, METHODS THEREOF, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A handover properties estimation system includes a moving-route extraction unit which extracts moving routes which pass through a handover area or a neighboring area by using map information of the handover area and the neighboring area. The handover area is an area in which a handover process occurs between cells in a mobile communication system. The system further includes a moving-route handover properties calculation unit for calculating handover properties of the moving routes extracted by the moving-route extraction unit, by using radio-wave environment information of the moving routes. | 06-28-2012 |
| 20120165025 | METHOD OF MANAGING HANDOVER IN A CELLULAR WIRELESS SYSTEM - In a method of managing handover in a cellular wireless system, channel condition information is received from a mobile terminal attached to a serving base station. Information is also received regarding the location of the mobile terminal. The received channel condition and location information are stored in a data store. The serving base station accesses data in the data store to determine if the mobile terminal would have improved connectivity if it handed over to a neighbor base station, and, when such a determination is affirmative, it sends a recommendation to the mobile terminal to handover to the other base station. The channel condition and location data store may be located in the base station. The data store content may be generated by a request response mechanism in reply to the base station. | 06-28-2012 |
| 20120172045 | RADIO COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, RADIO BASE STATION, AND HANDOVER CONTROL METHOD - A radio communication system wherein a radio terminal ( | 07-05-2012 |
| 20120178458 | PROCESS FOR UPDATING LOCATION INFORMATION - A location management method for a mobile terminal in a telecommunications network is provided in which when the mobile terminal is traveling from a first cell to a second cell in the network, an identifier associated with the mobile terminal in the cell in which it is located is established. The mobile terminal receives a first identifier associated with the first cell that enables the mobile terminal to be located in the network when it is within the first cell. The mobile terminal receives a second identifier associated with the second cell that enables the mobile terminal to be located in the network when it is within the second cell. The mobile terminal and/or the network store the identifiers in a table of identifiers, in order to use the first identifier or the second identifier depending on whether the mobile terminal is within the first or second cell, respectively. | 07-12-2012 |
| 20120202505 | BASE STATION, GATEWAY, MOBILE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, AND HANDOVER TARGET SPECIFYING METHOD AND PROGRAM USED THEREFOR - In order to specify a handover target of a mobile station regardless of allocation of PSCs, each of femto base stations ( | 08-09-2012 |
| 20120315915 | METHOD FOR COMMUNICATING IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORK - The invention provides a method for communicating in a wireless communication network ( | 12-13-2012 |
| 20130045748 | METHOD FOR REDUCING THE HANDOVER FREQUENCY BY A FEMTO GATEWAY IN FEMTOCELL NETWORKS - A method for reducing the handover frequency by a femto gateway in femtocell networks includes the steps: receiving a measurement report from a communication device by an initial femtocell; transmitting a relocation required message to a femto gateway by the initial femtocell if the signal strength thereof is below a threshold; ignoring the relocation required message and enabling the timer by the femto gateway after receiving the relocation required message; determining whether the cell ID included in the call reestablishment request message is classified as “femtocell” or not by the femto gateway before the timer expires; if so, rebuilding the link to the femtocell in response to the cell ID by the femto gateway. | 02-21-2013 |
| 20130072200 | Measurement Control Method, User Equipment and Network-Side Device - A measurement control method is disclosed. A user equipment (UE) receives measurement indication information from a network and initiated by the network. The measurement indication information includes an identification of an area of a current cell where the UE is located. The UE determines whether the identified area is within a preferred area of the UE. The UE performs a measurement process if the identified area is not within a preferred area of the UE. | 03-21-2013 |
| 20130084874 | RADIO BASE STATION AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME - A radio base station eNB# | 04-04-2013 |
| 20130095837 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR MACHINE TYPE COMMUNICATION MONITORING PROCESSING - The present invention discloses a method and device for machine type communication (MTC) monitoring process, and includes: an MTC determines the first location which an MTC device (MD) is allowed to be at and the event report needing to be performed when the MD is not at the first location; the MTC server sends the information of the first location and the information of the event report to the MD; the MD receives the information of the first location and the information of the event report sent from the MTC server; and after detecting that the MD is not at the first location according to the information of the first information, the MD reports the event report to the MTC server. The present invention enhances the monitoring process with finer-granularity and can reduce the interfaces and operations between other network nodes and a Home Subscriber Server (HSS)/Home Location Register (HLR), and maintains the stability of HSS/HLR. | 04-18-2013 |
| 20130115959 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR EXCLUDING NON-MOBILITY DATA FROM MOBILITY KEY PERFORMANCE INDICATORS - Handover (HO) statistics and handover issue events which are due to non-mobility causes are not included in the statistics fed into mobility robustness optimization (MRO). The non-mobility causes may include, e.g., load balancing, retracting users to prepare for cell maintenance or restart/reconfiguration and cell outage including compensation means. Radio link failure (RLF), handover failure (HOF), and handover oscillations (HOosc) that are due to non-mobility cause are excluded from the statistics upon which mobility robustness optimization is based. Non-mobility causes are also differentiated from mobility causes when reporting key performance indicators to an operator. | 05-09-2013 |
| 20130122914 | RADIO BASE STATION AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME - A radio base station ( | 05-16-2013 |
| 20130130697 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR FACILITATING EFFICIENT VERTICAL HANDOFFS IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - Systems and methods are provided for performing efficient vertical handoffs in a wireless user device are provided. The user device can comprise a mobile phone, computer table, handheld computer, or other computer system capable of connecting to more than one mobile wireless network that use different wireless communication protocols. Various efficient scanning methods are disclosed that are efficient in terms of battery usage, thermal performance, processing power, throughput performance, or a combination thereof. | 05-23-2013 |
| 20130143576 | METHOD FOR LOCATION - A method for locating mobile devices in a mobile radio network having first, second, and third mobile devices in first, second, and third locations, includes: transmitting a pilot signal to the second mobile device; measuring a signal strength of the pilot signal; transmitting information related to the signal strength of the pilot signal to the first mobile device; determining the second location relative to the first location based on the information related to the signal strength; transmitting a further pilot signal to the third mobile device; measuring a further signal strength of the further pilot signal; transmitting further information related to the further signal strength to the second mobile device; determining the third location relative to the second location based on the further information related to the further signal strength; and transmitting information related to the third location to the first mobile device. | 06-06-2013 |
| 20130150053 | COMMUNICATION SYSTEM WITH ADAPTIVE HANDOVER CONTROLLER AND METHOD OF OPERATION THEREOF - A method of operation of a communication system includes: estimating a channel; calculating a predicted signal within the channel; evaluating a prediction accuracy of the predicted signal; and adjusting a handoff parameter when the prediction accuracy of the predicted signal is within a threshold range for communicating through a mobile station. | 06-13-2013 |
| 20130150054 | Methods and Nodes Supporting Cell Change - The invention relates to a method for supporting cell change between frequency layers. The method is performed in a UE and/or a RN node of a wireless communication network deploying two frequency layers. The RN node serves a UE in a cell of a first of the two frequency layers. The UE is configured to perform measurements on the first frequency layer, and to exclude measurements on a second of the two frequency layers. The method comprises receiving ( | 06-13-2013 |
| 20130157667 | TRANSMISSION DEVICE, RECEPTION DEVICE, RELAY DEVICE, COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, TRANSMISSION METHOD, RECEPTION METHOD, RELAY METHOD, COMMUNICATION METHOD, COMPUTER PROGRAM, AND SEMICONDUCTOR CHIP - [Object] To estimate a channel with high accuracy by a receiver without an increase in scale or an increase in power consumption of a device because of use of complicated calculation, even when a transmission device or a relay device uses different frequencies. | 06-20-2013 |
| 20130165129 | METHODS FOR TRANSFERRING A COMMUNICATION SESSION BETWEEN COMPANION DEVICES - A method for transferring a communication session between companion devices includes connecting to a communication session over a communication system using a current set of session parameters and an identifier for a portable wireless communication device. The portable wireless communication device is in an active mode for the communication session. The method also includes: detecting that the portable wireless communication device is within a range of a companion wireline communication device that is configured with the identifier for the portable wireless communication device; and synchronizing with the companion wireline communication device, wherein the synchronizing includes transferring the current set of session parameters to the companion wireline communication device. Additionally, the method includes receiving an indication that the companion wireline communication device is in the active mode for the communication session and, responsive to the indication, transitioning the portable wireless communication device to an inactive mode for the communication session. | 06-27-2013 |
| 20130189995 | PREDICTING USER AVAILABILITY FROM AGGREGATED SIGNAL STRENGTH DATA - A system and method is provided for determining the availability of a mobile communications device on a network based on a prediction that the device will cross a pre-defined service boundary between two different coverage areas serviced by two different service providers. Specifically, when the device is predicted to cross the service boundary, or has crossed the boundary, a notification of a change in service is issued to at least one of the user of the device, a presence service, or another network operator. The notification may include a change in the presence status of the mobile communications device. | 07-25-2013 |
| 20130196670 | MOBILE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM WITH DEVICE HANDOVER AND METHOD OF OPERATION THEREOF - A method of operation of a mobile communication system includes: receiving a base carrier frequency signal from a cell tower location; generating a power spectral density from the base carrier frequency signal; measuring a Rician K factor from the power spectral density; estimating a line-of-sight Doppler frequency based on the base carrier frequency signal; determining the cell tower location based on the Rician K factor; and activating a handover decision handler based on the cell tower location. | 08-01-2013 |
| 20130225180 | Method and Apparatus for Performing Handover Using Path Information in Wireless Communication System - A method for performing handover at a mobile terminal which moves along an established path in a wireless communication system includes transmitting an indicator indicating a handover type to a serving base station without performing measurement with respect to neighboring base stations and movement path information and transmitting current position information of the mobile terminal to the serving base station. | 08-29-2013 |
| 20130237233 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR OFFLOADING DEVICES IN FEMTOCELL COVERAGE - A method, an apparatus, and a computer program product for wireless communication are provided in connection with determining whether to offload a device from a femto node. In one example, a serving femto node is equipped to obtain load information regarding a target node, compare an expected throughput at the target node, estimated based in part on the load information, to a threshold, and determine whether to handover a device to the target node based in part on the comparing. In an aspect, the serving node is further equipped to compute its own throughput based on parameters specific to the serving femto node or the device, and the threshold is the throughput at the serving femto node. | 09-12-2013 |
| 20130260769 | METHOD FOR ENHANCING THE HANDOVER OF A MOBILE STATION AND BASE STATION FOR CARRYING OUT THE METHOD - The invention concerns a method for enhancing the handover of a mobile station ( | 10-03-2013 |
| 20130331106 | METHODS AND APPARATUSES FOR SAVING USER EQUIPMENT POWER BY SEARCH LENGTH REDUCTION - The present disclosure presents example methods and apparatuses for improved cell searching in a wireless communications environment. For example, the disclosure presents example methods that can include computing a predicted serving signal strength associated with a serving cell where a mobility state of a user equipment is one of a stationary state or a low mobility state. Furthermore, in an aspect, the example method can include ascertaining a search threshold based at least on the predicted serving signal strength and generating a search integration length based on at least the search threshold. In addition, some example methods may include scanning for one or more reselection candidate cells based on at least the search integration length, wherein each of the one or more reselection candidate cells has a cell signal strength greater than the search threshold. | 12-12-2013 |
| 20140024381 | MOBILE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM WITH DEVICE HANDOVER AND METHOD OF OPERATION THEREOF - A method of operation of a mobile communication system includes: receiving a base carrier frequency signal from a cell tower location; generating a power spectral density from the base carrier frequency signal; measuring a Rician K factor from the power spectral density; estimating a line-of-sight Doppler frequency based on the base carrier frequency signal; determining the cell tower location based on the Rician K factor; and activating a handover decision handler based on the cell tower location. | 01-23-2014 |
| 20140031044 | HANDOVER MANAGER COMPONENT - In one implementation of an apparatus, a handover manager component for a communication network is configured to determine a target network element for a handover for a mobile device. The determination is made through employment of an anticipated path of the mobile device and a local geographical profile. | 01-30-2014 |
| 20140031045 | ASSIGNMENT OF HIERARCHICAL CELL STRUCTURES EMPLOYING GEOLOCATION TECHNIQUES - Distance is employed to facilitate sector selection and re-selection in a network during handoff. A system receives measurement information for a mobile device. The measurement information includes information indicative of a geographical location of the mobile device. The system determines information indicative of a geographical location of a cell site to which the mobile device is assigned. The system then selects a sector of the cell site with which to associate the mobile device. The selection of the sector is based, at least, on a distance determined between the mobile device and the cell site. In various embodiments, the distance information is determined based on the latitude and longitude of the mobile device. In various embodiments, the morphology of the terrain for the area in which the mobile device is located is factored into the determination of the sector. | 01-30-2014 |
| 20140057635 | POSITIONING-ASSISTED CELL SELECTION AND HANDOVER FOR LTE - A cell-selection and a cell re-selection process include a wireless device that receives a signal from at least one node of a wireless network. The received signal can be a reference signal, an uplink signal, or a downlink signal, or a combination thereof. Location information of the wireless device is determined based on the received signal and transmitted to the wireless network. Information is received from the wireless network that contains a list of candidate nodes to which the wireless device can connect to the wireless network. The list of candidate nodes comprises a list of macro cell nodes, low-power cell nodes, or a combination thereof. The wireless device searches through the information containing the list of candidate nodes to determine a node for a connection to the wireless network. | 02-27-2014 |
| 20140066076 | Method and System for Location-Based Dynamic Radio Selection - A multi-radio mobile device comprises a plurality of different radios. When a location update occurs, the multi-radio mobile device, at a specific location, acquires location-based radio information from a remote location server. The multi-radio mobile device selects a radio for use in the specific location based on the acquired location-based radio information comprising available radios in the specific location and radio weights. The radio is selected from the available radios based on the radio weights in the specific location. Transmissions of a desired service are received in the specific location utilizing the selected radio. Location-based radio measurements reports to the remote location server are generated utilizing signal strength measurements for the received signals. Radio quality information of the available radios is calculated by the location server utilizing location-based radio measurement reports from associated users. The radio weights of the available radios are determined based on the calculated radio quality information. | 03-06-2014 |
| 20140094178 | PROACTIVE, LOCATION-BASED TRIGGER FOR HANDOVER AND REDIRECTION PROCEDURES - The exemplary embodiment uses geographical location information to trigger handover and redirection procedures. This process involves defining a network geographical grid and building an associated database of captured data from the user equipment, such as calculated KPI statistics per geographical location, and then using historical KPI statistics as the trigger for mobility and redirection decisions. | 04-03-2014 |
| 20140106757 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR USE IN A COMMUNICATION NETWORK - There is provided a method, comprising: acquiring, by a user terminal capable of performing proximity services with at least one other user terminal, an indication that a handover from a source cell to a target cell is to be performed; and acquiring a capability indication on whether or not a target node of the target cell is capable to support the proximity services. | 04-17-2014 |
| 20140148173 | Efficient Network Hand-Off Utilizing Stored Beam-Forming Information - A system and method for performing efficient network hand-off (e.g., of a mobile communication device) utilizing stored beam-forming information. For example and without limitation, before determining to perform a particular hand-off, various aspects may comprise storing beam-forming information associated with the particular hand-off. Various aspects may also, for example, comprise determining to perform the particular hand-off. Various aspects may additionally, for example, comprise (e.g., after determining to perform the particular hand-off) accessing the stored beam-forming information associated with the particular hand-off to be performed. Various aspects may further, for example, comprise utilizing the accessed beam-forming information to form a communication beam to utilize for performing the particular hand-off. | 05-29-2014 |
| 20140155072 | METHOD FOR OPERATING A MOBILE TERMINAL IN A CELLULAR COMMUNICATION NETWORK AND A MOBILE TERMINAL, A DEVICE OF A COMMUNICATION NETWORK, AND A SYSTEM FOR EXECUTING THE METHOD - A method is provided for operating a mobile terminal operable in at least one communication network for a change of connection in a communication network. The method includes evaluating an information item regarding the local position of the mobile terminal in a service area of a radio cell of a first type with regard to an entry of the mobile terminal into the service area of a radio cell of the first type, which entry is to be expected within a predefined time interval. The method also includes suppressing a change of connection of the mobile terminal to a radio cell of a second type if, based on the result of the evaluation, the entry of the mobile terminal into the service area of the radio cell of the first type can be expected within the predefined time interval. | 06-05-2014 |
| 20140155073 | BASE STATION AND HANDOVER CONTROL METHOD - A base station performs communication with a terminal by using a cell defined as a combination of a frequency and an area reachable by a signal transmitted from the base station. The base station specifies, for each of cells, a first area in which disconnection of communication with a terminal occurs more frequently as compared to another area. The base station controls handover that changes a current cell of a first terminal to another cell, based on information on the specified first area and the current cell of the first terminal, and a position, moving speed, and moving direction of the first terminal. | 06-05-2014 |
| 20140171088 | DETERMINING MOBILITY STATES FOR A USER DEVICE - A mobility module receives sensor data from one or more sensors and determines the movement of type of movement of a user device, based on the sensor data. Based on the movement or rate of movement, the mobility module transitions the user device to a mobility state. The user device evaluates the power levels of radio signals from neighbor base stations using one or more measurement parameters that are scaled of offset based on the mobility state. | 06-19-2014 |
| 20140206360 | Optimizing a Handover Behavior of a Mobile Radio Communication Network Based on an Extended Report Message Comprising Information about a Performed Handover - A method includes optimizing a handover behavior of a mobile radio communication network including at least a first base station and a second base station. The method includes (a) performing a handover of a UE from the first base station to the second base station; (b) adding an information element representing a property of the UE to a report message including information about the performed handover; (c) forwarding the report message from the second base station to the first base station; and (d) optimizing the handover behavior of the mobile radio communication network based on the added information element. Further, it is described a base station which is configured for carrying out the described handover behavior optimization method. | 07-24-2014 |
| 20140220984 | METHOD OF PREDICTING SUITABLE CANDIDATES FOR USER EQUIPMENT CELL RESELECTION IN MOBILE NETWORKS BASED ON THE DIRECTION OF MOVEMENT - Methods and apparatuses for predicting candidates for cell reselection are presented. In some embodiments, such a method may include determining, by a mobile device, a current direction of motion of the mobile device; determining, by the mobile device, based on network topology information, that at least two cells of a plurality of cells are located in the current direction of motion of the mobile device; prioritizing, by the mobile device, the at least two cells of the plurality of cells for reselection; measuring, by the mobile device, signal properties of the at least two prioritized cells based on the prioritizing; and selecting, by the mobile device, a first cell of the at least two prioritized cells for reselection, based on: a location of the first cell and the signal properties of the first cell. | 08-07-2014 |
| 20140242997 | WIRELESS NETWORK SELECTION - A mobile terminal comprises transceiver apparatus for communicating with a plurality of wireless networks, each network comprising one or more respective wireless connection points providing a respective coverage area. The mobile terminal also comprises a location module arranged to determine information on geographical location of the mobile terminal, and based thereon to obtain a prediction that the mobile terminal will enter the coverage area of an expected one of said wireless networks. Further, the mobile terminal comprises a protocol module arranged to at least begin a pre-emptive handshake with the expected wireless network while still outside the respective coverage area and so unable to communicate any information via any of the one or more respective wireless connection points. It does this by instead performing some or all of the handshake with the expected network via another of said wireless networks. | 08-28-2014 |
| 20140308962 | System and Method for Wireless Network Access MAP and Applications - Embodiments are provided for a location-based network discovery and connection establishment, which take advantage of location/positioning technology of user equipment (UE) and resolve issues above of the blind search approaches. The location-based network discovery and connection establishment schemes use UE location information and a network access MAP to speed up network discovery, and remove the need for continuous search and measurement by the UE. The schemes also reduce the search space. A wireless network access map (MAP) is provided to the UE. The UE uses the MAP information with UE current location information to reduce the search space and speed up network discovery and radio connection establishment with the network. Network operators can use this network access MAP to control the network access and manage the network load distribution. The network access MAP can be customized for each UE. | 10-16-2014 |
| 20140357279 | METHOD FOR PERFORMING SEAMLESS GROUP HANDOVER FOR SUPPORTING PORTABLE TV BAND DEVICE BASED ON TV WHITE SPACE - An method for performing a TVBD (TV Band Device) group handover based on TV white space by an AP (Access Point), the method comprising: transmitting multiple location information corresponding to a path along which a mobile vehicle travels to an available channel information providing server; receiving multiple geo-location information from the available channel information providing server as a reply to the transmitted multiple location information; extracting operating channel set information so as to minimize a channel switching caused by the travel of the mobile vehicle, based on the multiple geo-location information; and transmitting the extracted operating channel set information to a TVBD group. | 12-04-2014 |
| 20150011225 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SELECTING CELL OF TERMINAL IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A method and an apparatus for selecting a cell of a terminal in a wireless communication system are provided. The method includes detecting, by the terminal, an end of a call, performing, when an end of the call is detected, a cell search based on a cell used during the call, the cell search being performed among at least one cell having been used before the call by the terminal and a cell used just before forming the call, and determining a cell to which the cell selection is performed, based on a result of the cell search and the cell used just before forming the call. | 01-08-2015 |
| 20150024758 | Movement Information Processing Method and System, User Equipment, and Access Network Device - Embodiments of the present invention provide a movement information processing method and system, a user equipment, and an access network device. In one embodiment, a UE measures a characteristic parameter of a cell to be measured, and then obtains movement information of the UE according to a change of the characteristic parameter within a predetermined time. In this way, the UE can send the movement information to an access network device and the access network device executes a movement-related operation according to the movement information. | 01-22-2015 |
| 20150045039 | AVOIDING FORMATION OF A CALL LOOP RESULTING FROM HANDLING OF A MOBILE TERMINATED CALL IN PARALLEL WITH A LOCATION UPDATE IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORK - A call loop avoidance capability is provided for preventing formation of a call loop resulting from handling of a mobile terminated (MT) call in parallel with a location update for a mobile device (MD) in a wireless communication network. The call loop avoidance capability prevents formation of a call loop between an old mobility and call management entity (MCME) and a new MCME when delivery of an MT call to an MD is performed while the MD is in the process of moving from the old MCME to the new MCME using a location update procedure. An enhanced call routing procedure supports direct delivery of the MT call from the new MCME to the MD (rather than delivery of the MT call by the new MCME to the MD via the old MCME) in order to prevent formation of a call loop between the old MCME and the new MCME. | 02-12-2015 |
| 20150065146 | COMMUNICATION WITH A MOBILE VIRTUAL BASE STATION - Methods and systems are provided for using virtual base stations in communication systems. An example communication system may comprise a plurality of fixed base stations. A first fixed base station in a communication system may be used to transmit signals of a virtual base station. A second fixed base station in the communication system may then be selected on the basis of the location and/or of the movement of a group of mobile devices that are connected with a virtual base station; and transmission of the signals of the virtual base station may be switched from the first fixed base station to the second fixed base station. | 03-05-2015 |
| 20150141019 | NETWORK SMART CELL SELECTION - Embodiments of the invention are directed to systems, methods and computer program products for minimizing data overhead in a cellular network. In some embodiments a method includes receiving, by a base station of the cellular network, location information associated with a mobile device. The method may include determining, by the base station, a location of the mobile device based on the location information; and determining, by the base station, an offload alternative connection point based on the determined location of the mobile device. In some cases, the method includes disconnecting the mobile device from a current connection point; and connecting the mobile device to the offload alternative connection point. | 05-21-2015 |
| 20150141020 | USER DEVICE SMART CELL SELECTION - Embodiments of the invention are directed to systems, methods and computer program products for minimizing data overhead in a cellular network. In one embodiment, a method includes determining, by a mobile device connected to the cellular network via a connection point, that the connection point has limited capacity; determining, by the mobile device, location information including location data indicating a current location of the mobile device; and determining, by the mobile device, an offload alternative connection point based on the determined location of the mobile device. In some cases, the method includes initiating disconnecting of the mobile device from a current connection point; and initiating connecting the mobile device to the offload alternative connection point. | 05-21-2015 |
| 20150304933 | METHOD AND NETWORK NODE FOR HANDLING HANDOVER - A method in a network node for allocating to user equipments a respective carrier is provided. The carrier is a frequency carrier for wireless communication. The network node is comprised in a cellular network. The network node identifies ( | 10-22-2015 |
| 20150334625 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR HANDOVER CONTROL - Controlling handover of a User Equipment (UE) between first and second base stations in a cellular network is provided. The first base station is configured for operation whilst mobile. A mobility parameter is determined for the first base station, the mobility parameter relating to a change in location for the first base station. Then, the first base station is configured to permit or prevent handover of the UE between the first and second base stations based on the mobility parameter of the first base station. | 11-19-2015 |
| 20150350976 | Motion Based Search and Measurement Periodicity - Adjusting search and measurement periodicity based on device motion. A wireless device may camp on a serving cell. Signal strength, signal quality, and signal to noise ratio of the serving cell may be measured. If each is above a respective threshold, and if the wireless device is stationary, the periodicities at which searches and neighbor cell measurements are performed may be adjusted (e.g., increased) from baseline periodicities. | 12-03-2015 |
| 20150382258 | SYSTEMS, METHODS AND DEVICES FOR SMALL CELL ACTIVATION AND DETECTION - Methods, systems, and devices for enabling wireless communication devices in a cellular wireless network to utilize small cells having coverage within a macro cell are disclosed herein. User equipment (UE) can detect the need for using a booster providing a small cell, detect availability of small cells and submit a request to infrastructure of the cellular wireless network to aid in connection with the booster that provides the small cell. The request can be enhanced with small cell location queries, small cell activation requests and/or assistance data to enable meaningful small cell selection. | 12-31-2015 |
| 20160021595 | Integrating Mobile Femto-cell Access Point Into Home Appliance Network - A system including vehicle based mobile femto-cell Access Point (mAP) operating within a wireless cellular network in communication with the home based femto-cell Access Point (hAP) and a home appliance network (hAN) controller is described. This system provides an autonomous control of “smart-home” functionality by utilizing handovers and a set of dedicated in-band messages. | 01-21-2016 |
| 20160021637 | DETERMINING A LOCATION OF A MOBILE DEVICE - A method and an apparatus for determining a location of a mobile device. The location of a mobile device is determined accurately according to information which includes call data records of the mobile device. By employing a partial ellipse integral model, two physical world factors are taken into consideration in reducing the location uncertainty in call data records. The factors include: spatiotemporal constraints of the device's movement in the physical world and the telecommunication cell area's geometry information, which increase the accuracy of determining the location of a mobile device. | 01-21-2016 |
| 20160080979 | LOCATION AREA MANAGEMENT METHOD AND CORE NETWORK CONTROLLER - Embodiments of the present invention provide a location area management method and a core network controller, where the method is performed by a core network controller includes: receiving a location update request message sent by a UE in a first network standard; generating a paging area list including at least a first location area identity used to indicate a location area of the first network standard and a second location area identity used to indicate a location area of a second network standard; and adding the paging area list to a location update accept message and sending the location update accept message to the UE. According to the method and the core network controller, unified management is performed on location areas of different network standards, collaboration on an inter-standard location update is implemented, and management efficiency of a location area is improved. | 03-17-2016 |
| 20160119851 | ASSISTANCE DATA CELL SELECTION BASED ON INTERFERENCE ESTIMATES IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM - A method for assisting a mobile device to perform positioning measurements on positioning signals periodically transmitted by at least some of a plurality of cells in a wireless communication network includes determining an estimated position of the mobile device and then determining a first set of candidate cells of the plurality of cells based on the estimated position of the mobile device. The method also includes estimating an expected interference of each respective positioning signal that is transmitted by each candidate cell of the first set and selecting a subset of cells from the first set of candidate cells based on the estimated expected interference. Assistance data identifying the selected subset of cells is then generated and sent to the mobile device. | 04-28-2016 |
| 20160127974 | RADIO COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND COMMUNICATION CONTROL METHOD - A radio communication system includes: a visit information storage unit that stores plural visit information elements each indicating information on a visit to a cell visited by a user equipment; a cell visit detector that detects that the user equipment that was visiting a first cell starts a visit to a second cell differing from the first cell; a ping-ponging state determiner that determines whether a ping-ponging state has occurred, in which state start and ending of a visit to the second cell is repeated, wherein the determination is made based on a visit information element on a visit to the second cell visited by the user equipment; and a calculator that calculates a visit time length of the visit to the second cell in accordance with the determination by the ping-ponging state determiner. | 05-05-2016 |
| 20160128019 | METHOD AND MOBILE MANAGEMENT NODE FOR PAGING USER EQUIPMENTS - The embodiments disclose a method and mobility management node for paging UEs in a radio communication network. The method may comprise: acquiring history migration information indicating migration of one or more UEs from one or more original physical locations to one or more target physical locations; aggregating the history migration information to obtain statistical information on the history migration from each one of the one or more original physical locations to the one or more target physical locations; and determining a paging area based on the statistical information so as to be used for paging a specific UE. | 05-05-2016 |
| 20160135106 | BASE STATION DEVICE, MOBILE TERMINAL, AND RADIO COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A base station device is able to perform radio communication with a mobile terminal that exists in a first cell, and includes a memory and a transmitter. The memory stores therein position information on a second cell that can be a move destination for the mobile terminal. The transmitter transmits the position information on the second cell to the mobile terminal so as to cause the mobile terminal to detect that the mobile terminal has approached the second cell using the position information. | 05-12-2016 |
| 20160150457 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR HANDOFF BETWEEN A WIRELESS LOCAL AREA NETWORK (WLAN) AND A UNIVERSAL MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEM (UMTS) - Apparatus and method for providing an automatic handoff process of a user equipment (UE) from either a wireless local area network (WLAN) to a universal mobile telecommunications system (UMTS) or from a UMTS to a WLAN. Handoffs may be initiated by the UE, based upon user preference, signal quality, comparison of location coordinates of the UE and the system to be switched to or signal quality. The available channels of one system may be broadcast to the UE by the other system or the UE may monitor channels of the system to be switched to and lock on to one. The handoff may also be initiated by the UMTS, the selection being power-based. | 05-26-2016 |
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