Abstract: Various communication systems may benefit from push notifications of network information. For example, cellular optimization may be accomplished by selective use of a web technique by applications on network devices, which may further benefit from push notifications that may reduce the need for web requests. According to certain embodiments, a method can include monitoring network service viability for a user or application. The method can also include sending a push message to a user equipment when network service viability is detected for the user or the application.

Abstract: Various communication systems may benefit from notifications of network information. For example, cellular optimization may be accomplished by selective use of a data technique by applications on network devices, which may further benefit from notifications that may reduce the need for external data requests, used in coordination with application observations of current network conditions. According to certain embodiments, a method can include monitoring network service viability for a user or application. The method can also include sending a push message to a user equipment when network service viability is detected for the user or the application. The push message can indicate at least one threshold associated with network service viability.

Abstract: Various communication systems may benefit from adaptive leveraging of network information. For example, cellular optimization may be accomplished by selective use of a web technique by applications on network devices. A method may include sending, from a user equipment device or application server, a signal configured to identify a need for network information. The method may also include receiving the network information in response to the signal. The method may further include adapting a session with an application based on the network information.

Abstract: Various communication systems may benefit from push notifications of network information. For example, cellular optimization may be accomplished by selective use of a web technique by applications on network devices, which may further benefit from push notifications that may reduce the need for web requests. According to certain embodiments, a method can include monitoring network service viability for a user or application. The method can also include sending a push message to a user equipment when network service viability is detected for the user or the application.

Abstract: Various communication systems may benefit from notifications of network information. For example, cellular optimization may be accomplished by selective use of a data technique by applications on network devices, which may further benefit from notifications that may reduce the need for external data requests, used in coordination with application observations of current network conditions. According to certain embodiments, a method can include monitoring network service viability for a user or application. The method can also include sending a push message to a user equipment when network service viability is detected for the user or the application. The push message can indicate at least one threshold associated with network service viability.

Abstract: A vapor deposition source for vaporizing a material has a body forming an interior chamber, at least one crucible in the interior chamber, and a divider that divides the interior chamber into a transport channel and a distribution channel. To deposit vapor on an underlying substrate, the deposition source also has a plurality of exit orifices formed in the body adjacent to the distribution channel. The divider has a set of divider apertures between the transport channel and the distribution channel. This divider aperture is positioned generally symmetrically within the interior chamber.

Abstract: A system includes a mobile station [105] transmits identifying information relating to the mobile station [105]. A radio access network [115] receives the identifying information from the mobile station [105]. A server [120] in communication with the radio access network [115] associates the identifying information with a predetermined function. A transmission element [145] performs the predetermined function in response to the associating of the identifying information with the predetermined function.

Abstract: These various embodiments are usable in a context that comprises a first network that serves to communicatively couple an entity within a second network (which second network is different than the first network) with an end user platform. Pursuant to these teachings this entity is identified as having a predetermined status with respect to being provided with information regarding at least one first network event. When the first network event is detected within the first network, a message is provided to the entity regarding this first network event. By one approach the entity can acquire the indicated status via a subscription process.

Abstract: A method (300) and communication device (106) capable of streamlining call setups to a wireless mobile unit (102) may include a transceiver (520) and a controller (502). In various embodiments of the invention, the controller detects (302) a modified request for a communication resource, optionally monitors (304) a communication system loading parameter, and sends (406 or 408) an assignment for a larger than anticipated allocation of the communication resource upon detecting the modified request or when the system loading parameter falls below a predetermined threshold. The controller may also receive (410) via the larger than anticipated allocation of the communication resource both an anticipated initial data transmission and an initial user data transmission in a first data transmission from the mobile wireless unit.

Abstract: A stream of packets is monitored. When a first packet in the stream of packets is detected to be destined for a target mobile station (110), the first packet is intercepted. Subsequently, a small initialization packet is sent to the target mobile station (110). The small initialization packet structured to inform the target mobile station (110) of an identity of an originating application that is initiating a communication session with the target mobile station (110).

Abstract: A core network element (102) is configured to facilitate establishment of a first type of wireless communication resource, such as a dedicated channel, to facilitate communication with first communication target. The core network element detects a first message using a second type of wireless communication resource, such as a common channel, where the first message is a part of the request for the first communication resource. The core network element also detects within the first message a second message requesting establishment of a first type of wireless communication resource with the at least first communication target. As the result of the first and second messages, the first type of communication resource is established with the at least first communication target, such as a push-to-talk mobile station. The target mobile station will respond with a message indicating that it is either unavailable or not unavailable.

Abstract: A page request (112) is received. When a user preference is not up-to-date, a non-acceptance message (116) is appended to a page response (114) and channel assignment is altered when the page response (114) includes the non-acceptance message (116).

Abstract: A method and apparatus for creating a semi-active state that reduces channel establishment delay. A communication channel between a mobile station (402) and a radio access network (RAN) (404). The communication channel has a semi-active state between the mobile station and the RAN by preassigning at least one resource to identify the communication channel. In To determine whether the channel is to be made active, the preassigned resource is monitor. When resource indicates that data is to be sent, the channel is converted from the semi-active state to an active state. Data is then transmitted over the communication channel in the active state.

Abstract: A receiving buffer (110) in communication with a processing circuit (150) stores (310) received packets of data while the processing circuit (150) strips (320) the frames of data from the packets. The stripped frames are stored (330), and the processing circuit (150) creates and stores (340) reformed packets using the frames. Preferably, the processing circuit (150) creates the reformed packets according to one or more certain predefined functions of one or more conditions monitored by a condition monitor (130) which indicate the possible size of the next available radio frame in which the packets are wirelessly transmitted. Then, the processing circuit (150) sends the reformed packet that ideally matches the size of the radio frame to be sent with the radio frame.

Abstract: A method and apparatus is provided to efficiently assign addresses for a mobile station (110) that monitors one or more broadcast groups. The mobile station (110) determines (210) at least one broadcast group to monitor. A broadcast server (150) determines (220) the broadcast time for the monitored broadcasts group(s). A broadcast server (150), mobile switching center (130), or mobile station (110) then determines (230) an address for the mobile station (110) that minimizes the wake up times for the mobile station for monitoring the chosen broadcast group. Preferably, the address is assigned a wake up time corresponding to a broadcast time for a monitored broadcast group. Further, a second preferred address may be determined (450) that is assigned to a second broadcast group. The mobile station (110) is registered (430) under the chosen address(es) if the mobile station (110) is not already assigned to one of the chosen addresses.

Abstract: Upon detecting (201) a communication need for a group of communication recipients that entails attempting to make at least one transmission to each of the communication recipients in the group (wherein at least one of the communication recipients has both a scheduled personal communication opportunity and a scheduled group communication opportunity), one automatically uses (202) whichever of the scheduled communication opportunities occurs first to make the at least one transmission to the communication recipient(s) for which this option applies. In one approach this response is further informed and influenced by one or more other factors, such as but not limited to system loading (203), group size and/or known whereabouts (204), and/or whether a recent transmission response was received (205).

Abstract: Various embodiments are described which can serve to increase the cross paging call success rate in joint networks. Resource reservation by a requesting network (312) in the context of cross paging is described. In general, such resource reservation may be triggered by the occurrence of any one of a variety of events in conjunction with the requesting network determining that a communication session with an AT (301) is desirable. Examples of triggering events include the following: the AT subscribing for resource reservation as a matter of configuration, the AT having a particular call state and perhaps with regard to particular services, the AT requesting resource reservation (before or after being paged/notified of the requesting network's desire to provide service, the communication session for which the requesting network is requesting the AT is of a particular type, and/or resource reservation is an operational default system operation.

Abstract: A call where a packet discard policy (132) should be applied is selectively identified based upon a received property associated with the call. The packet discard policy (132) is applied to the selected call in order to selectively discard packets (134) associated with the call when a triggering event (136) occurs.

Abstract: A method of messaging in a wireless cellular system comprising predicting a location of the mobile station (122, 124), wherein the location corresponds to a first sector within the wireless cellular system; sending a first message to the mobile station via the first sector within the wireless cellular system; and sending a second message corresponding to and having a reduced size as compared to the first message to the mobile station via a second sector at approximately the same time as the first message is sent via the first sector.

Abstract: A communication system controls access of a mobile station (MS) to a wireless communication network by generating a RAND Token and conveying the RAND Token and associated constraints to the MS prior to a determination by the MS of a need to access the communication network, wherein the RAND Token is used to authenticate the MS and need not be confirmed prior to the access attempt. By providing the MS with a RAND Token that need not be confirmed, as opposed to the prior art where an MS cannot know whether a global random challenge value provided to the MS prior to a determination by the MS of a need to access the communication network is stale and therefore must confirm the global random challenge value before using it, a call may be set up in an expedited fashion.