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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 14, 2015
Filed:
Mar. 03, 2011
Applicants:
Marian Rudolf, Montreal, CA;
Teresa Joanne Hunkeler, Montreal, CA;
Shamim Akbar Rahman, Cote St. Luc, CA;
Stephen G. Dick, Nesconset, NY (US);
Inventors:
Marian Rudolf, Montreal, CA;
Teresa Joanne Hunkeler, Montreal, CA;
Shamim Akbar Rahman, Cote St. Luc, CA;
Stephen G. Dick, Nesconset, NY (US);
Assignee:
InterDigital Technology Corporation, Wilmington, DE (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 4/00 (2009.01); H04W 48/10 (2009.01); H04W 36/08 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 48/10 (2013.01); H04W 36/08 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method and apparatus are used for providing assistance data to wireless transmit/receive units (WTRU)s. The assistance data may include information regarding neighboring access points (AP)s. The assistance data may be transmitted to WTRUs using multicast, broadcast, and/or point-to-point signaling. The assistance data may be used to facilitate ring and handover of WTRUs from one AP to another.