Abstract: A mobile station downloading an object over a broadcast channel uses a repair service to obtain data that was received in error during the original broadcast. The mobile station sets a repair threshold for the download object and invokes repair if the amount of errors is less than the repair threshold. If the amount of errors exceeds the repair threshold, the mobile station treats the download attempt as having failed and may send a new request if download is still desired.

Abstract: An error detection unit performs erasure decoding for physical layer packets and an assembler assembles the received data into higher layer packets. Higher layer packets that are incomplete are not erased if the higher layer packets contain some data indicated as valid by the error detection unit. In the case of incomplete packets, the data is labeled by assigning a value to a reliability attribute for the data to enable the decoder to discriminate between valid and invalid data in the same packet. The decoder is modified to use “dimmed” data from the incomplete packets to perform decoding.

Abstract: A method for controlling temperature-related transmissions in radiocommunication systems. A mobile station includes a measuring device for determining operating temperature. When the measured temperature exceeds a predetermined threshold temperature, the mobile station can reduce its transmission rate, thereby reducing power dissipation within the device. The mobile station informs the system of the rate reduction, whereby the system can reallocate released resources, e.g., timeslots and/or spreading codes. The mobile station can also inform the user of the change in transmission rates and/or the temperature of the mobile station, whereupon the user can move to a better transmitting location. The mobile station can also take into account the transmit status of the current connection in determining when to reduce the transmission rate.

Abstract: Methods for cryptographic synchronization of data packets. A roll-over counter (ROC) value is periodically appended to and transmitted with a data packet when a function of the packet sequence number equals a predetermined value. The ROC effectively synchronizes the cryptographic transformation of the data packets. Although the disclosed methods are generally applicable to many transmission protocols, they are particularly adaptable for use in systems wherein the data packets are transmitted to a receiver using the Secure Real-Time Transport Protocol (SRTP) as defined in Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) Request for Comments (RFC) 3711.

Abstract: A mobile radiocommunications terminal contains or is operatively connected to a position estimator, such as a GPS receiver. The mobile terminal stores at least one reference position. The mobile terminal updates its position at a frequency that is a function of its distance from the reference position, or as a function of the rate of change of its distance from the reference position.

Abstract: A radiocommunication system supports multi-user multiplexing. Half rate data communications with interleaving of data between two sources are described.

Abstract: A signal representing variably coded information, i.e., information that is coded according to a code selected from a set of codes, is received at a first station. The received signal is decoding according to respective codes of the set of codes to generate respective likelihood metrics associated with respective codes of the set of codes. A code is selected from the set of codes based on the respective likelihood metrics, wherein the selection of the code from the set of codes is biased based on a prior communication between the first station and a second station that transmitted the signal. The received signal is the decoded according to the selected code to generate an estimate of the information. According to another embodiment, a signal representing a first variably code field and a second field that indicates the code applied to the first field, is received and processed to generate an estimate of the second field.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a mobile station capable of determining its current location within a wireless communication system. The mobile station periodically generates an estimate of its current location or mobility and then monitors channels for channel selection based thereon in order to minimize frame stealing while in active mode and save energy during idle mode. The same information is also useful for determining which cells to monitor and controlling how frequently position or changes of position estimates are made. Although the invention requires a determination of the mobile station's position or mobility, the manner in which the mobile station determines these characteristics may vary. A separate positioning receiver, terrestrial or satellite based, such as that used with the Global Positioning System, may allow the mobile station to calculate its position.

Abstract: A communication system includes a politeness zone (PZ); a wireless communication device configured to receive incoming communications over a first communication channel and politeness requests over a second communication channel, the communication device comprising an alerting mechanism configured to indicate receipt of an incoming communication over the first communication channel, the alerting mechanism operable in a politeness mode and a non-politeness mode, the politeness requests indicating that operation of the alerting mechanism should be set to politeness mode, wherein, upon receipt of a politeness request over the second communication channel, the device is configured to accept the politeness request and set operation of the alerting mechanism to politeness mode, or to reject the politeness request and leave operation of the alerting mechanism in its present mode of operation; and a politeness zone transmitter (PZT) configured to send politeness requests to the communication device over the second co

Abstract: A mobile terminal includes a primary transceiver to communicate with a mobile communication network and a secondary transceiver to communicate with a base unit of a cordless telephone system. When the mobile terminal is out of range of the base unit, it searches or listens for the base unit at a predetermined searching or listening frequency. The searching or listening frequency is dependent upon the distance of the mobile terminal from the base unit. A threshold is also established beyond which the mobile terminal may discontinue searching or listening for the base unit to conserve battery power or, alternatively, set the searching or listening frequency to a minimum value.

Abstract: A mobile radiocommunications terminal contains or is operatively connected to a position estimator, such as a GPS receiver. The mobile terminal stores at least one reference position. The mobile terminal updates its position at a frequency that is a function of its distance from the reference position, or as a function of the rate of change of its distance from the reference position.

Abstract: An originating network, such as an originating wireless communication network, selectively performs multimedia content transcoding of outgoing multimedia messages as a function of the corresponding destination network addresses. More particular, in an exemplary embodiment, the originating network includes or has access to one or more databases that are accessed to determine whether transcoding is desired. Such information may comprise a listing of destination addresses, e.g., email addresses, or particular domain identifiers, for which transcoding is desired. Moreover, such information can indicate whether default or specific transcoding formats should be used. With this approach, the originating network can transcode all, or selected multimedia content, e.g., audio, video, etc., into one or more coding formats that known or expected to be compatible with the coding formats used by the targeted destination networks.

Abstract: A paging attribute descriptor (PAD) the indicates content of a page message is transmitted in a first time slot and/or a succeeding second time slot of a physical channel, and the page message is transmitted in the second time slot. The second slot may be, for example, a Digital Control Channel (DCCH) slot mapped on a physical channel (DTCH) of an IS-136 system. The transmitted PAD is recovered at wireless station, which then determines whether to recover the page message based on the recovered PAD, e.g., if the PAD indicates that the page message is an empty page message, a page message addressed to another wireless station or a page message that includes control information that has changed. For example, in an IS-136 compliant system, the PAD may be transmitted in the coded superframe phase (CSFP) field of a Paging Channel (PCH) message transmitted in a Digital Control Channel (DCCH) slot, or in reserved bits of a slot preceding a PCH message.

Abstract: A method for controlling temperature-related transmissions in radiocommunication systems. A mobile station includes a measuring device for determining operating temperature. When the measured temperature exceeds a predetermined threshold temperature, the mobile station can reduce its transmission rate, thereby reducing power dissipation within the device. The mobile station informs the system of the rate reduction, whereby the system can reallocate released resources, e.g., timeslots and/or spreading codes. The mobile station can also inform the user of the change in transmission rates and/or the temperature of the mobile station, whereupon the user can move to a better transmitting location. The mobile station can also take into account the transmit status of the current connection in determining when to reduce the transmission rate.

Abstract: A method for controlling temperature-related transmissions in radiocommunication systems. A mobile station includes a measuring device for determining operating temperature. When the measured temperature exceeds a predetermined threshold temperature, the mobile station can reduce its transmission rate, thereby reducing power dissipation within the device. The mobile station informs the system of the rate reduction, whereby the system can reallocate released resources, e.g., timeslots and/or spreading codes. The mobile station can also inform the user of the change in transmission rates and/or the temperature of the mobile station, whereupon the user can move to a better transmitting location. The mobile station can also take into account the transmit status of the current connection in determining when to reduce the transmission rate.

Abstract: A method for controlling temperature-related transmissions in radiocommunication systems. A mobile station includes a measuring device for determining operating temperature. When the measured temperature exceeds a predetermined threshold temperature, the mobile station can reduce its transmission rate, thereby reducing power dissipation within the device. The mobile station informs the system of the rate reduction, whereby the system can reallocate released resources, e.g., timeslots and/or spreading codes. The mobile station can also inform the user of the change in transmission rates and/or the temperature of the mobile station, whereupon the user can move to a better transmitting location. The mobile station can also take into account the transmit status of the current connection in determining when to reduce the transmission rate.

Abstract: A cell assignment process strives to minimize the number of cells assigned to mobile terminals involved in any given group call session in both circuit-switched and packet-data environments. In one embodiment, when a cell assignment trigger event is encountered during a group call, the decision whether to change cells or not is based at least in part upon whether the relevant cell is already participating in that group call session with another mobile terminal or not. If so, the cell assignment process preferentially selects such a cell for switching to or avoids changing cell assignment if already assigned there. In another embodiment other cells involved in the group call session are actively sought out and the cell assignments of the mobile terminals involved in the group call session are changed to those cells, even when the signal quality may be acceptable in the current cell.

Abstract: A method of using historic data from previous calls made from mobile terminals within a wireless communications network to predict future call management options to maximize quality. The method may include determining a route traveled by a mobile terminal in a mobile communication network by determining the geographic position of the mobile terminal at a plurality of time instants as the mobile terminal is moving within the network. The positions are stored in a memory, and a route is determined when a predetermined number of locations occur within a predetermined area. Once a route is determined, subsequent mobile terminals moving through the network are monitored and their paths are compared with the predetermined routes. The mobile terminal is considered to be moving along the predetermined route when the path matches any of the predetermined routes.

Abstract: There is provided a device, comprising a positioner configured to determine, at least in part, a position of the device and a request processor for processing and selectively responding to requests for information regarding the position of the device. The positioner comprises a GPS receiver used to calculate the position of the device. A communications network in which the device operates may finally calculate the position. Further, the device may be configured to automatically respond to certain network management location information requests, which are generated by a communications network in which the device operates. The device may also be configured to automatically respond to information requests that result from an emergency communication initiated by the user or that originate from certain specified agencies. Alternatively, the device may be programmed to respond to certain request types depending on input from the user of the device.

Abstract: A first group of terminals at a first range from base station is instructed, e.g., by transmitted timing advance values, to time their transmissions to arrive at a base station in synchronism with a first series of frames. A second group of terminals at a second range is instructed to time their transmissions to arrive at the base station in synchronism with a second series of frames that is time-offset with respect to the first series of frames. Transmissions from the first and second groups of terminals are, received at the base station in synchronism with the respective first and second series of frames. The transmissions from respective first and second groups may be received on respective separate carrier frequencies, or may be multiplexed on a common carrier frequency.