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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 26, 2017
Filed:
Jun. 17, 2015
Applicant:
Blackberry Limited, Waterloo, CA;
Inventors:
David Gwyn Steer, Nepean, CA;
Robert Novak, Stittsville, CA;
Assignee:
BlackBerry Limited, Waterloo, Ontario, CA;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04J 1/16 (2006.01); H04W 24/04 (2009.01); H04W 8/02 (2009.01); H04W 4/22 (2009.01); H04W 76/00 (2009.01); H04W 24/08 (2009.01); H04W 76/02 (2009.01); H04W 12/06 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 24/04 (2013.01); H04W 4/22 (2013.01); H04W 8/02 (2013.01); H04W 76/007 (2013.01); H04W 12/06 (2013.01); H04W 24/08 (2013.01); H04W 76/028 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method of establishing communication links during a failure within a mobile communications network includes detecting disruptions in communications between a plurality of base stations and a plurality of mobile terminals. Survivability components are activated within the base station and the mobile terminal to operate in a survivability mode. The survivability mode enables communications and services to be provided by the surviving base stations to mobile terminals through activated survivability components. The alternate communication links may operate for as long as a disruption exists.