Motorola Corporation

Blackberry Corporation

Motorola Mobility LLC

Research in Motion Corporation

Stephen Andrew Howell

Niels Peter Skov Andersen

Mark Pecen

Marcia Jean Otting

Ravi Kuchibhotla

Claude Jean-Frederic Arzelier

Arnold Sheynman

Johanna Lisa Dwyer

Noushad Naqvi

Maiyuran Wijayanathan

Bonnie Chen

Eric Jay Hefner

Nigel Everard Barnes

Prashanti Das

Srikishna Maloor Ramachandra

Claude Jean-Fredric Arzelier

A user equipment (UE) comprising a display and a processor configured to determine whether the UE supports each indicium of a string of one or more indicia according to a first feature, the string of one or more indicia identifying a network, the processor further configured to display on the display of the UE only the indicia in the string that are supported by the UE. A method implemented on a UE comprising determining whether the UE supports one or more indicium of a string of one or more indicia according to a first feature, the string of one or more indicia identifying a network, and displaying on the display of the UE only the indicia in the string that are supported by the UE.

Displaying characters and images based on support

An apparatus, and an associated methodology, for identifying to a circuit-switch-connected mobile station with an indication of packet-service capabilities available to a mobile station. A message generator at the network generates a message that includes an indication of the network-entity capabilities with respect to packet communications. A field of the message identifies the packet-service capabilities. A message is sent by the network and detected by a detector of the mobile station. A report is formed indicative of the value contained in the delivered message, and a user display displays an indication of the detected information.

Apparatus, and associated method, for informing dedicated mode connected mobile station of packet service capabilities in a coverage area

A method in a mobile wireless communications network including sending () a reselection communication from a mobile station to the network, and receiving (), from the network in response to the reselection communication, cell reselection assistance information, for example, a new cell assignment.

Network assisted cell reselection in wireless communications systems and methods

A method for reducing wireless communication procedure failure. The method can include initiating a procedure over an existing radio resource control connection on a universal mobile telecommunication system. The method can also include receiving a connection release signal prior to receiving a response from a core network regarding the initiated procedure. The method can further include immediately retrying the procedure.

Method for reducing wireless communication procedure failure

A method for access network () sharing, for example, a GSM or UMTS 3G wireless communications radio access network (RAN), among multiple core networks (&), for example, wireless communications services networks, including transmitting information about the core network sharing the common access network, e.g., a pseudo network identity or the number of core networks sharing the common access network or pointer information, in a system information message. The communication device () uses the information provided in the system information message to connect to a core network.

Wireless access network sharing among core networks and methods

A method () for selecting a core network for a communication device includes the steps of: receiving () at least one core network identifier; selecting () a core network identifier; setting () an indicator to indicate whether a substitute core network is allowed; determining () whether the selected core network identifier corresponds to a shared network; forming a registration request message containing the selected core network identifier; including () the indicator in the registration request message; and transmitting the registration request message.

Method for selecting a core network

A wireless communication system () is configured to send signaling messages through a cell broadcast service (CBS). CBS message pages used to transport signaling messages are identified by assigned message identifiers. Mobile devices () within the communication system () recognize the CBS messages transporting signaling messages by the message identifiers and pass the signaling messages to an appropriate application or control program module. The message identifier may be used to specify the application or control program module to process the signaling message. The signaling messages transported by the CBS may be used in controlling a multicasting or broadcasting service. Duplicate copies of the CBS message pages may be transmitted and then buffered at the mobile device () as they are received until all parts of the signaling message have been received.

Method and apparatus for interchanging and processing mobile radio subsystem control information

A method and apparatus for cell reselection during transmission of data between a mobile station and a network through a first cell of a plurality of cells, each of the plurality of cells defining a corresponding radio coverage area. A control stack () organizes the data within frames during the transmission of data, and an adjustment module () adjusts a size of the frames prior to detection that a second cell of the plurality of cells is a candidate for reselection.

Method and apparatus for reducing the impact of cell reselection of GPRS/EDGE data rates

A cellular telephone () in a vehicle includes a data carrier system comprising a first semi-permanent Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) () selectively couplable to the cellular telephone () and a second SIM () selectively couplable to the cellular telephone () in preference to the first SIM (), the first SIM () being arranged to be decoupled from the cellular telephone () when the second SIM () is coupled to the cellular telephone (). During a predetermined period of time, the cellular telephone () is arranged to be ensured of a supply of power and the second SIM () is arranged to be decoupled from the cellular telephone (), thereby causing the first SIM () to be coupled to the cellular telephone () for the execution of a task requiring the first SIM ().

Data carrier system

A method for a radiotelephone to scan for service in a radiotelephone system having a plurality of carriers within a corresponding geographic area includes establishing ( ) a list of a predetermined number of carriers having the strongest signal strengths from cells proximate to the cell where the radiotelephone is camped. A next step includes determining ( ) those proximate carriers from the list that are unsuitable for reselection by the radiotelephone. A next step includes scanning ( ) for other suitable carriers within the area to substitute for those unsuitable carriers found in the determining step. A next step includes modifying ( ) the list to include those suitable carriers found in the scanning step.

Method for a cellular radiotelephone to scan for service from adjacent cells

A method for allowing a radiotelephone to scan for alternate radiotelephone systems, where each cellular radiotelephone system is within a corresponding geographic area and each cell has a base station providing paging and voice communication, includes a first step of registering the radiotelephone on a radiotelephone system. A next step includes establishing whether alternate technology scanning has been enabled for the radiotelephone. If alternate technology scanning is disabled, the radiotelephone receives paging messages from the base station and acknowledges the paging messages addressed to the radiotelephone. If alternate technology scanning is enabled, the radiotelephone scans for an alternate technology while the base station repeats any paging messages addressed to the radiotelephone and ignores a lack of acknowledgement from the radiotelephone for paging messages addressed to the radiotelephone.

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Stephen Andrew Howell