Methods and apparatuses for effecting handover in integrated wireless systems

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 7933598
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11080714

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Embodiments of the invention provide methods and apparatuses for effecting handover between the licensed and unlicensed portions of an integrated wireless network. For one embodiment, prior to hand out of a communication from the unlicensed wireless system (UWS), a cell identifier associated with a user terminal is changed from the cell identifier corresponding to the internet access point to the cell identifier corresponding to the unlicensed network controller. This allows the destination MSC of the licensed wireless system (LWS) to accept and fulfill a handover request from the UWS. In accordance with an alternative embodiment of the invention, after a hand in of a communication to the UWS, a cell identifier associated with the user terminal is changed from the cell identifier corresponding to the UNC to the cell identifier corresponding to the internet access point. This change allows providing location-based services to the UT being serviced by the UWS.

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RIBBON COMMUNICATIONS OPERATING COMPANY INC4 TECHNOLOGY PARK DRIVE WESTFORD MA 01886

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Agrawal, Satish Sunnyvale, US 59 3780
Evans, Alan Newark, US 12 136

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