Patents Assigned to GTE Wireless Incorporated
  • System and method for redirecting calls to blocked cell sites
    Patent number: 6681113
    Abstract: A system reduces the number of blocked and abandoned calls in a wireless communication system. A cell site receives a call from a wireless station and determines that no available resources exist. In response thereto, the blocked cell site sends a retry message to the wireless station to redirect the call back to the originally blocking face of the cell site.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 1999
    Date of Patent: January 20, 2004
    Assignees: GTE Wireless Incorporated, Verizon Laboratories Inc.
    Inventors: Gregory A. Greene, Sr., William E. Hogg, Michael Nail, Leslie D. Servi, Vance W. Stone
  • Probabilistic use of wireless reserve channels for admission control
    Patent number: 6314293
    Abstract: A method for controlling the admission of a call into a service area. The method includes the steps of selecting a non-negative integer N; selecting a real number p, lying between 0 and 1 inclusive; admitting a call when N−2 or fewer channels are occupied; blocking the call with a probability p when N−1 channels are occupied; and blocking the call when N or more channels are occupied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2000
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2001
    Assignees: Verizon Laboratories Inc., GTE Wireless Incorporated
    Inventors: Leslie D. Servi, Daryl J. Daley, Gregory A. Greene, Sr., William E. Hogg, Michael Nail