Qualcomm Incorporated

Rajeev Subhas Kurundkar

Ajith Tom Payyappilly

Rajeev Durai Rajan

Sriram Nagesh Nookala

Don Nielsen Andrus

Vipin A Sali

Praveen Kumar Appani

Kai Tang

Yonas Kidane

Sweta Parameswaran Iyer

Annette J Beatty

Prasanna V Badrinarayanan

An apparatus and method for providing a portable broadband service, the method comprising enabling a first connectivity between a wireless convergence platform and an Internet gateway; enabling a second connectivity between the wireless convergence platform and at least one device; obtaining an application service through the Internet gateway using the first connectivity; and relaying the application service through the second connectivity to the at least one device.

Apparatus and method for providing a portable broadband service using a wireless convergence platform

A method and apparatus for facilitating access terminal handoff between access networks is provided. The method may comprise: receiving, at a first access network (AN), an access channel message from an access terminal, wherein the access channel message includes information corresponding to a communication session between a second AN and the access terminal, wherein the communication session includes at least an active personality negotiated with the second AN, obtaining at least one personality, associated with the access terminal, previously negotiated by the first AN, determining if one of the at least one personalities is substantially similar to the active personality, and upon a determination that one of the at least one personalities is substantially similar to the active personality, transferring the communication session to the first AN with the substantially similar personality as the active personality.

Apparatus and method for personality modification during handoff

More seamless handoff between access networks is achieved by saving session information for each access network upon being handed off from the access network and invoking the saved session information upon being handed back to the access network. An access terminal establishes a first session with a first access network, which may entail performing QoS negotiation with the first access network and setting up packet filters at a packet data gateway. The access terminal exchanges data with the first access network in accordance with the configuration of the first session. The access terminal saves the first session configuration after being handed off to a second access network, establishes a second session with the second access network, and exchanges data with the second access network in accordance with the configuration of the second session. The access terminal uses the saved first session configuration upon being handed back to the first access network.

Seamless handoff between access networks with saved session information

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San Diego, CA, United States of America

Rajeev Subhas Kurundkar