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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.

Date of Patent:
Feb. 24, 2009

Filed:

Nov. 03, 2005
Applicants:

Michael M. Hoghooghi, Austin, TX (US);

Karl F. Heubaum, Austin, TX (US);

Jeffrey Keating, Austin, TX (US);

Jong Sheng M. Lee, Austin, TX (US);

Daniel G. Orozco-perez, Cedar Park, TX (US);

Inventors:

Michael M. Hoghooghi, Austin, TX (US);

Karl F. Heubaum, Austin, TX (US);

Jeffrey Keating, Austin, TX (US);

Jong Sheng M. Lee, Austin, TX (US);

Daniel G. Orozco-Perez, Cedar Park, TX (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04Q 7/20 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A method for implementing a Media Independent Handover (MIH) service between one or more of a heterogeneous and a non-heterogeneous network comprises providing an MIH beacon from one or more of a network (Net) or a mobile node (MN); acknowledging a receipt of the MIH beacon by another of the network (Net) or the mobile node; and facilitating handover (HO) services in response to an acknowledged receipt, and further in response to an MIH beacon message subsequently provided from one or more of the network (Net) or the mobile node. In one embodiment, the MIH beacon comprises at least an MIH-Capability (MIHC) flag, the MIHC flag having one of a first state or a second state.


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