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Inter-system handover

US7089008B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateAug 3, 2000
Grant dateAug 8, 2006
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Expiry dateAug 18, 2021

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04W8/20
  • WIPO fieldDigital communication
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A method for performing an inter-system handover of a user terminal in a telecommunications network comprising a first telecommunications system operable according to a first protocol and comprising a first service subsystem and a first access subsystem and a second telecommunications system operable according to a second protocol and comprising a second service subsystem and a second access subsystem; the user terminal storing capability data indicative of the user terminal's capabilities for communication with the service subsystems and the access subsystems.

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