摘要:
A wireless device (105) for scheduling a forward access channel measurement occasion (FMO) includes a transmitter (202) to transmit radio signals required to perform random access channel (RACH) transmission (RACHing) and report the results of cell measurements. A receiver receives radio signals required to acquire information blocks, serving cell selection criteria, and measurement rule parameters, and to measure at least one of inter-frequency and inter-radio access technology (inter-RAT) neighbor cells. A scheduling module (212, 214, 216) schedules FMO frames for neighbor cell measurement in order to prioritize FMO frames that collide with a position of an information block or that collide with RACHing.
摘要:
While engaged in a dedicated channel, a User Equipment (UE) may get stuck on it. A method and the computer program product detects whether the UE is stuck on the dedicated channel (202). When it is detected that the UE is stuck, the UE or the corresponding network in which the dedicated channel is located carries out a local release of the UE from the dedicated channel (204), and the UE is placed in idle mode (206). Locally releasing the UE from the dedicated channel curtails unnecessary battery consumption in the UE and limits wastage of network resources and bandwidth.
摘要:
A method in a wireless communications device, including selecting (210) a cell, and after selection, configuring (230) the wireless communications device for a paging channel of a cell camped on previously using system information obtained for the cell camped on previously whether or not the selected cell is the same as the cell camped on previously. In some embodiments, updated system information is obtained for the selected cell if the selected cell is the same as the cell camped on previously, and the paging channel is reconfigured (250) based upon any updated system information obtained for the selected cell. In other embodiments, system information is obtained for the selected cell while the wireless communications device is configured for the paging channel of the cell camped on previously.
摘要:
A radio-on timer and transmission-on timer of a cellular telephone (100) provide an accurate record of the total amount of time since manufacture that the cellular telephone (100) and its transmitter (160), respectively, have been turned on for the purpose of measuring the in-field reliability thereof. The cellular telephone (100) includes a processor (110) that is responsive an interrupt signal (117) for incrementing and storing an interrupt timer, the radio-on timer and the transmission-on timer in a volatile memory 114. When the processor (110) senses that power has been switched off, the processor (110) reads out from the volatile memory (114) the radio-on timer and transmission-on timer, reads out from the non-volatile memory (112) the previously stored radio-on timer and transmission-on timer, adds them together and stores the summed radio-on timer and transmission-on timer back in the non-volatile memory (112). The unique radio-on and transmission-on timers of the present invention may be advantageously utilized in any radio including a transmitter.
摘要:
A mobile station (MS) is provided that includes one or more memory devices that maintain a RAT preference rule and that include a removable memory device (RMD) that maintains a data file that includes a prioritized listing of one or more PLMN/RAT combinations. The MS detects a RAT and a PLMN broadcasting on that RAT and determines a type of the RMD. When the RMD is a type that would maintain information on the detected RAT, the MS determines a priority of the detected PLMN/RAT combination relative to other PLMN/RAT combinations based solely on the prioritizations included in the data file. When the RMD is a type that would not maintain information on the detected RAT, the MS determines a priority of the detected PLMN and RAT relative to other PLMN/RAT combinations based on the RAT preference rule in conjunction with the listing of PLMN/RAT combinations in the data file.
摘要:
A method for a radiotelephone to search for a high priority, home, or home-equivalent public land mobile network (PLMN) includes a first step of registering and camping (300) the radiotelephone on a cell of visited PLMN. A next step includes uniquely identifying (302) the cell. A next step includes searching (304) for PLMNs with a higher priority than the visited PLMN while registered and camped on the uniquely identified cell. A next step includes storing (306) a history of those frequencies found that are not of a higher priority PLMN for the uniquely identified cell. Any subsequent searches for frequencies of higher priority PLMNs performed while registered and camped on that cell includes scanning (308) for available frequencies except for those frequencies listed in the history for the uniquely identified cell in which the radiotelephone is registered and camped.
摘要:
Emergency call placement methods and apparatus for a user equipment in a wireless network are disclosed. The placement method includes detecting initiation of an emergency call during a non-idle connection mode of the user equipment (204), terminating the non-idle connection mode (206) and initiating a new connection for the emergency call (208). This method allows the new connection to use a location methodology to locate the user equipment in response to the emergency call. The disclosed wireless user equipment (102, 500) is configured to implement the disclosed method.
摘要:
A mobile station (MS) is provided that includes one or more memory devices that maintain a RAT preference rule and that include a removable memory device (RMD) that maintains a data file that includes a prioritized listing of one or more PLMN/RAT combinations. The MS detects a RAT and a PLMN broadcasting on that RAT and determines a type of the RMD. When the RMD is a type that would maintain information on the detected RAT, the MS determines a priority of the detected PLMN/RAT combination relative to other PLMN/RAT combinations based solely on the prioritizations included in the data file. When the RMD is a type that would not maintain information on the detected RAT, the MS determines a priority of the detected PLMN and RAT relative to other PLMN/RAT combinations based on the RAT preference rule in conjunction with the listing of PLMN/RAT combinations in the data file.
摘要:
An apparatus and method of cell selection in a wireless network for a device operating on a serving cell. A quality threshold is received. A selected radio access technology is prioritized for reselection if at least one radio access technology neighbor cell meets basic criteria for a suitable cell and a computed value of a signal quality suitability criterion of the radio access technology neighbor cell exceeds the quality threshold.
摘要:
A multi-mode mobile wireless communications device architecture (200) including an application layer (210), a services layer (220) interfacing the applications layer, a multi-mode layer (230) interfacing the service layer, and a hardware layer (240) interfacing the multi-mode layer. The multi-mode layer includes first and second interoperable radio access technologies, for example W-CDMA UMTS and GSM/GPRS technologies.