Patents by Inventor Stephen Robert Hope

Stephen Robert Hope has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Method for transmitting measurement reports in a mobile communications system
    Patent number: 6859654
    Abstract: A service node is provided in a mobile communications network which collects radio link measurement reports which are transmitted to the service node by mobile stations. The mobile stations transmit the measurement reports in encapsulated form, in the form of SMS messages, in order to prevent the interception of the measurement report by the serving base station. The service node is able to perform handover decision algorithms using the measurement reports collected from the mobile stations in order to determine appropriate radio access nodes to be allocated to the mobile stations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 1998
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2005
    Assignee: Orange Personal Communications Services Limited
    Inventors: Paul Laurence Reynolds, Stephen Robert Hope