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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:
Nov. 30, 2010

Filed:

Feb. 07, 2007
Applicants:

Richard G. Ross, Lee's Summit, MO (US);

Bryan Barbee, Olathe, KS (US);

Bob Pippert, Lenexa, KS (US);

Samuel M. Woleben, Lenexa, KS (US);

Inventors:

Richard G. Ross, Lee's Summit, MO (US);

Bryan Barbee, Olathe, KS (US);

Bob Pippert, Lenexa, KS (US);

Samuel M. Woleben, Lenexa, KS (US);

Assignee:

Nextel Communications Inc., Reston, VA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 72/00 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

Methods and apparatus for congestion mitigation in wireless communication networks are provided. The congestion mitigation can include assignment of a new user class, a mobile station identifier, a mobile station identifier and a reserved traffic channel and/or an alternative access channel in another wireless communication network. These congestion mitigation techniques can be employed for selected mobile stations when an activity on an access channel is above a threshold level.


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