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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 11, 2003
Filed:
Sep. 25, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Jianping Jiang, Richardson, TX (US);
Azeem Ahmad, Dallas, TX (US);
Jerri L. Turner-Harris, Garland, TX (US);
Baji Edupuganty, Plano, TX (US);
William Edward Illidge, Kanata, CA;
Assignee:
Nortel Networks Limited, St. Laurent, CA;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04Q 7/20 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04Q 7/20 ;
Abstract
Disclosed is an apparatus and method whereby a direct base station to base station communication link is used to bypass message transmissions to an MSC in establishing a soft handoff. By using a standardized protocol for both traffic and signaling messages flowing directly from base station to base station, communications with foreign manufacturers base station equipment may be readily accomplished.