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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 09, 2010
Filed:
Sep. 13, 2004
Suman Das, Scotch Plains, NJ (US);
Thierry E. Klein, Fanwood, NJ (US);
Kin K. Leung, London, GB;
Sayandev Mukherjee, Plainsboro, NJ (US);
George E. Rittenhouse, Holmdel, NJ (US);
Louis Gwyn Samuel, Sindon, GB;
Harish Viswanathan, Basking Ridge, NJ (US);
Haitao Zheng, Beijing, CN;
Suman Das, Scotch Plains, NJ (US);
Thierry E. Klein, Fanwood, NJ (US);
Kin K. Leung, London, GB;
Sayandev Mukherjee, Plainsboro, NJ (US);
George E. Rittenhouse, Holmdel, NJ (US);
Louis Gwyn Samuel, Sindon, GB;
Harish Viswanathan, Basking Ridge, NJ (US);
Haitao Zheng, Beijing, CN;
Alcatel-Lucent USA Inc., Murray Hill, NJ (US);
Abstract
In one aspect of the present invention, a method for controlling a communications session with a mobile device is provided. The method comprises selecting a plurality of base stations, where at least a portion of the base stations are adapted to operate as a secondary agent, and wherein the secondary agent is capable of communicating with a mobile device. Substantially similar data is then delivered to a plurality of the secondary agents, and a first one of the secondary agents is selected as a first serving secondary agent to communicate with the mobile device. The first serving secondary agent transfers the data to the mobile device during the communications session.