Abstract: A portable information communication terminal includes an operation unit composed of an integrated combination of a first operation detection device for detecting an operation in a first direction substantially parallel to a predetermined axis direction of a terminal housing and a second operation detection device for detecting an operation in a second direction substantially opposite to the first direction, a display unit provided with a screen disposed in a direction substantially parallel to the predetermined axis direction and capable of displaying a hierarchical menu structure, and a control unit for sequentially changing and displaying menu hierarchies in descending hierarchical order in the first direction on the screen of the display unit in accordance with an operation in the first direction and for sequentially changing and displaying menu hierarchies in ascending hierarchical order in the second direction on the screen in accordance with an operation in the second direction.

Abstract: Methods and apparatus enable a femto radio base station (28f), initially connected to a first or default radio network controller node (261), to be redirected/reconnected to a second or correct radio network controller node (262) for use as an active radio network controller node for the femto radio base station (28f). The redirection/reconnection is accomplished by using location-indicative information obtained from a user equipment unit (30) which is in radio communication with the femto radio base station (28f). The technique of redirection is particularly valuable when the femto radio base station (28f) does not have its own receiver for ascertaining the radio access network (RAN) environment.

Abstract: A method for dynamically implementing a TDMA management cycle for a wireless network is described. The method includes communicating between nodes in the wireless network using a time division multiple access structure, the time division multiple access structure including time divisions having time frames, each time frame having a plurality of time slots, the plurality of time slots including TDMA management slots. The method further includes defining a node partition, the node partition including all of the nodes within the wireless network that are able to route messages to each other, defining a TDMA management cycle, the TDMA management cycle configured to include a TDMA management slot assigned to every node within the partition, storing, at each node, an assignment of the node to a TDMA management slot number, and dynamically adapting the size of the TDMA management cycle based on the number of active nodes in the partition, wherein the size of the TDMA management cycle is a multiple of a base cycle.