US Patent No: 7,171,205

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Architecture of an unlicensed wireless communication system with a generic access point

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Abstract

An unlicensed wireless service is adapted to generate the interface protocols of a licensed wireless service to provide transparent transition of communication sessions between a licensed wireless service and an unlicensed wireless service. In one embodiment, a mobile station includes level 1, level 2, and level 3 protocols for licensed wireless service and an unlicensed wireless service. An indoor base station and indoor network controller provide protocol conversion for the unlicensed wireless service into a standard base station controller interface of the licensed wireless service.

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Patent Owner(s)

Patent OwnerAddressTotal Patents
KINETO WIRELESS, INC.MILPITAS, CA69

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Inventor(s)

Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Baranowski, Joseph G Morgan Hill, CA 50 1063
Elam, Thomas G Belmont, CA 32 657
Gallagher, Michael D San Jose, CA 142 2432
Kolderup, Kenneth M Los Gatos, CA 34 848
Markovic, Milan Pleasanton, CA 95 1704
Mohammed, Jahangir Santa Clara, CA 75 1249
Powell, Mark San Jose, CA 60 867
Shekhar, Madhu C San Jose, CA 32 657
Shi, Jianxiong Fremont, CA 81 817

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Patent Citation Ranking

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Patent Info (Count) # Cites Year
 
KINETO WIRELESS, INC. (25)
7,606,190 Apparatus and messages for interworking between unlicensed access network and GPRS network for data services 18 2005
7,843,900 Mechanisms to extend UMA or GAN to inter-work with UMTS core network 5 2005
7,606,568 Messaging for registration in an unlicensed wireless communication system 10 2005
7,634,270 GPRS data protocol architecture for an unlicensed wireless communication system 2 2005
7,634,271 GSM signaling protocol architecture for an unlicensed wireless communication system 1 2005
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8,165,086 Method of providing improved integrated communication system data service 0 2007
7,912,004 Generic access to the Iu interface 4 2007
7,852,817 Generic access to the Iu interface 7 2007
8,204,502 Method and apparatus for user equipment registration 2 2007
8,073,428 Method and apparatus for securing communication between an access point and a network controller 1 2007
8,036,664 Method and apparatus for determining rove-out 2 2007
7,995,994 Method and apparatus for preventing theft of service in a communication system 17 2007
8,150,397 Method and apparatus for establishing transport channels for a femtocell 1 2007
8,005,076 Method and apparatus for activating transport channels in a packet switched communication system 5 2007
7,929,977 Method and system for determining the location of an unlicensed mobile access subscriber 0 2007
7,974,624 Registration messaging in an unlicensed mobile access telecommunications system 1 2007
8,019,331 Femtocell integration into the macro network 2 2008
8,090,371 Network controller messaging for release in an unlicensed wireless communication system 1 2008
7,773,993 Network controller messaging for channel activation in an unlicensed wireless communication system 8 2008
7,668,558 Network controller messaging for paging in an unlicensed wireless communication system 0 2008
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7,818,007 Mobile station messaging for ciphering in an unlicensed wireless communication system 2 2008
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