Patent · US Expired

Real time handoff in a wireless packet data network

US7301922B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateSep 17, 2001
Grant dateNov 27, 2007
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Expiry dateApr 20, 2024

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04W36/02
  • WIPO fieldDigital communication
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A system, a method, and software for communicating packet data are disclosed. A call is communicated from a mobile device through a first base station controller and a first packet data serving node. The call is transferred from the first base station controller to a second base station controller in communication with a second packet data serving node. The call is then communicated through a tunnel established between the first packet data serving node and the second packet data serving node.

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