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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:
Mar. 27, 2007
Filed:
Jul. 29, 2003
Applicants:
Narayan L. Gehlot, Sayreville, NJ (US);
Victor B. Lawrence, Holmdel, NJ (US);
Inventors:
Narayan L. Gehlot, Sayreville, NJ (US);
Victor B. Lawrence, Holmdel, NJ (US);
Assignee:
Lucent Technologies Inc., Murray Hill, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04Q 7/20 (2006.01); H04Q 7/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Techniques for controlling handoffs in a wireless communication system include receiving a location vector from a mobile unit, and determining whether to perform a handoff of the mobile unit based on the received vector. The vector may also include time information related to the time at which the vector was transmitted. The vector may be obtained from a GPS satellite signal or one or more terrestrial stations.