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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:
Mar. 17, 2015

Filed:

Dec. 22, 2005
Applicants:

Rajiv Laroia, Basking Ridge, NJ (US);

Pablo Anigstein, Springfield, NJ (US);

Vladimir Parizhsky, New York, NY (US);

Murari Srinivasan, Palo Alto, CA (US);

George Tsirtsis, New York, NY (US);

Inventors:

Rajiv Laroia, Basking Ridge, NJ (US);

Pablo Anigstein, Springfield, NJ (US);

Vladimir Parizhsky, New York, NY (US);

Murari Srinivasan, Palo Alto, CA (US);

George Tsirtsis, New York, NY (US);

Assignee:

QUALCOMM Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 36/00 (2009.01); H04W 48/10 (2009.01); H04L 12/701 (2013.01); H04W 40/12 (2009.01); H04W 88/18 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 48/10 (2013.01); H04L 45/00 (2013.01); H04W 40/12 (2013.01); H04W 88/18 (2013.01);
Abstract

Methods and apparatus for routing messages between an end node and an access node via another access node are described. Physical layer identification information is used when identifying a remote, e.g., adjacent, access node as a message destination. Thus, when a connection identifier based on one or more physical layer identifiers is available to a wireless terminal, e.g., from one or more downlink signals received from a destination access node, the wireless terminal can use the connection identifier corresponding to the destination node to route a message via an access node with which it has an established uplink connection. Such connection identifier information can be used even when other addressing information, e.g., network layer address information, associated with the destination access node, may not be available to the wireless terminal.


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