Motorola Mobility LLC

Motorola Corporation

General Instrument Corporation

Qualcomm Technologies International, Ltd.

Dragan Boscovic

Faramak Vakil

Surender Kumar

Samuel Glazer

Philippe J Sartori

Gary W Grube

Faisal Ishtiaq

Lawrence Marvin Ecklund

Kadathur S Natarajan

Narayanan Venkitaraman

Robin Heydon

Paul C Davis

Gerald J Gutowski

Nicholas G Jones

Nicholas William Whinnett

Alfonso Martinez Smith

Hiren M Mandalia

Srdjan Miocinovic

Hooman Borghei

Nicolas Guy Albert Graube

Ashley B Novak

Mauro Scagnol

Marco Fratti

William Robinson

Wlodzimierz S Czarnocki

Clive Thomson

Doru Calin

Francois Goeusse

Hamid Ahmadi

A method for providing an update package to a node in a mesh network comprising a set of nodes and a gateway node arranged to provide access to an update server via a second network. The gateway node collects package information from each set node, including a first node. Each package identifies a respective node and its package version. The gateway node may query the update server based on the package information. The update server may respond to the gateway node with an updated package for the first node. The gateway node broadcasts the updated package into the mesh network as a sequence of mesh messages. Each of a first plurality of nodes of the set may forward the mesh messages to other nodes. The first node stores the mesh messages so as the sequence of mesh messages is received, assemble the updated package.

Update management

Generating a sequential semantic representation and a resulting content item sequence or presentation is disclosed. A set of nodes and paths among the nodes are determined. Each node includes a corresponding a set of criteria. The paths define a relationship among the plurality of nodes. Transitional operators that define additional criteria for the nodes, are associated with the paths. Content items that include characteristics that are determined to match the corresponding set of criteria for at least one of the nodes are retrieved.

Sequential semantic representations for media curation

A communication system comprises network elements () and user equipments (), at least some of which comprise a charging proxy (). The system further comprises a charging server () which includes a topic controller () for initializing charging topics where each charging topic is associable with charging data. The charging server () furthermore comprises functionality for registering proxies as subscribing proxies or publishing proxies (or both) for the different charging topics. A receiver () receives charging data messages from charging proxies and validates a first set of charging data belonging to a first charging topic in response to a first set of charging proxies registered as publishing proxies for the first charging topic. A charging data transmitter () transmits the first set of charging data to a second set of charging proxies registered as subscribing proxies for the first charging topic.

Charging system for a communication system

A method and apparatus is provided for hand-off of a mobile User Equipment (UE) across a femto cellular network. The method includes dynamically clustering a plurality of neighboring femto cells in a vicinity of a first femto cell to which a mobile UE is currently attached. The dynamic cluster of neighboring femto cells is moved across the femto cellular network in accordance with movement of the mobile UE across the femto cellular network.

Wide area mobile communications over femto-cells

A method is provided for enabling an over the top (OTT) service over a broadband network. The method includes receiving a registration request from a mobile User Equipment (UE) over a femto cell to register with a cellular operator of a cellular network. The registration request is forwarded to an authentication, authorization, and accounting (AAA) server associated with the cellular operator to register the mobile UE therewith. A rendition of the registration request is forwarded to an AAA server associated with a broadband operator of a broadband network to register the mobile UE therewith.

Providing over-the-top services on femto cells of an IP edge convergence server system

A mobile communications system includes a first base station to service a first set of connections from a first set of mobile communications devices to a communications network. A set of neighboring base stations is in communication with the first base station. In an embodiment of the invention, the first base station prioritizes the first set of connections according to first predetermined criteria and prioritizes the set of neighboring base stations according to second predetermined criteria. The prioritization lists are used in deterministic ways to alleviate potential congestion in backhaul links and optimize the overall performance of system and improved quality of service.

Method and apparatus for handoff control in mobile communications systems

In a cognitive radio, a method of establishing an operational policy for use in a Peer-to-Peer (P2P) group, wherein the policy can be described by layers of policy parameters with progressively higher layers having a progressively increasing number of parameters, involves determining that a policy change is to be made from a current policy; requesting policy information from at least one P2P group member; receiving a policy description from the at least one P2P group member; and implementing a change in the lowest layer policy parameter to establish a new operational policy.

Method and apparatus for setting up and managing operational environment in P2P wireless networks

An apparatus and method permit a first, fully loaded base station ( ) controlled by a first operator to utilize the unused resources of a second base station ( ) controlled by a second operator in a time division duplex cellular communications system. The first base station ( ) monitors broadcast channel of the second base station ( ) and identifies time slots within the time frame structure and at an assigned carrier frequency which are unused by the second base station ( ). It then calculates a new time frame structure and sets up a communications link with a subscriber ( ) on the assigned carrier frequency during those time slots that avoid contention with the operations of the second base station ( ). The invention, advantageously, does not require synchronization of the different operator's base stations ( ).

Time sharing of communications resources in cellular communications systems

A cellular communications system permits handover of a group of mobile stations ( ) having like characteristics from a base station ( ) operating in one type of network e.g. UMTS to a base station ( ) operating in a different type of network e.g. GSM, or from a first carrier frequency to a second carrier frequency both being supported by the same base station, thereby relieving congestion in an overloaded cell by handing over a group of calls to an under-loaded one. The invention has the benefits of enabling such a handover with the minimum of signalling overhead.

Group handover in a cellular communications network

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Dragan Boscovic