US6735443B2
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UE assisted system database update
Assignee: InterDigital Technology Corp
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Filing: 2002-12-23
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Granted: 2004-05-11
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Expires: 2022-12-23
Abstract
Abstract A user equipment (UE) operating in a wireless system having at least one base station, communicates with base stations in neighboring wireless systems and conveys information regarding these neighboring wireless systems to the base station of its wireless system, which updates and stores this information for use in handover of UEs. The BS may also obtain updates directly from the base stations of neighboring wireless systems which may include a diversity of systems such as WLANS, Bluetooth, UMTS, GPRS, etc., and provide to UEs a list of those wireless systems which the UEs need not provide updates to the BS providing the list.
Inventors
- 👤 Arty Chandra
- 👤 Prabhakar R. Chitrapu
- 👤 Narayan Parappil Menon
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-03 06:38
CPC Classifications
H; H04; H04W; H04W8/00; H04W8/18; H04W48/00; H04W48/08; H04W40/00; H04W40/24; H04W40/246; H04W40/248; H04W84/00; H04W84/02; H04W84/10; H04W84/12; H04W84/18
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 12
Claim 1
Independent Claim
93 words
In a wireless communication system having a base station (BS) and at least one user equipment (UE), a method for updating a system database that contains information pertaining to neighboring wireless systems of various types, the method comprising: the UE detecting neighboring wireless systems of various types; the UE sending information detected systems to the base station; the BS updating the system database information based on said information; and the base station communicating with base stations of adjacent wireless systems at given intervals to validate the database information updates provided by the UE.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
93 words
In a wireless communication system having a base station (BS) and at least one user equipment (UE), a method for updating a system database that contains information pertaining to neighboring wireless systems of various types, the method comprising: the UE detecting neighboring wireless systems of various types; the UE sending information detected systems to the base station; the BS updating the system database information based on said information; and the base station communicating with base stations of adjacent wireless systems at given intervals to validate the database information updates provided by the UE.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
33 words
The method of claim 1 , further comprising: the base station alerting the UE as to surrounding systems known by the base station for reducing traffic due to multiple UEs sending similar information.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
32 words
The method of claim 2 wherein the receiving UE limits reports on neighboring base stations to those base stations that are not included in the alert received from its associated base station.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
33 words
The method of claim 1 , where the base station processes the location of the UEs reporting information about neighboring wireless systems of various types to estimate coverage of the neighboring wireless systems.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
27 words
The method of claim 4 , where the base station uses the estimated coverage of the neighboring wireless system to adjust operating parameters at the base station.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
24 words
The method of claim 5 , where the said operating parameters include at least one of transmitted power, beam shapes and admission control policy.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
17 words
The method of claim 4 , where the base station uses estimated coverage for planning new cells.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
130 words
In a wireless communication system having a base station (BS) and at least one UE, in which the UE can detect surrounding wireless systems of various types, for updating a system database that contains information pertaining to surrounding wireless systems of various types, comprising: the BS having means for authenticating an identity of the UE by the base station; the UE having means for protectively encoding the information transmitted to the BS for information integrity using authentication codes; means for verifying information integrity at the base station and accepting the information at the base station; means for updating the system database information; and the base station having means for communicating with base stations of surrounding wireless systems at given intervals to validate the database information updates provided by the UE.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
130 words
In a wireless communication system having a base station (BS) and at least one UE, in which the UE can detect surrounding wireless systems of various types, for updating a system database that contains information pertaining to surrounding wireless systems of various types, comprising: the BS having means for authenticating an identity of the UE by the base station; the UE having means for protectively encoding the information transmitted to the BS for information integrity using authentication codes; means for verifying information integrity at the base station and accepting the information at the base station; means for updating the system database information; and the base station having means for communicating with base stations of surrounding wireless systems at given intervals to validate the database information updates provided by the UE.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
36 words
The system of claim 8 , further comprising: the base station having means for alerting the UE as to surrounding systems known by the base station for reducing traffic due to multiple UEs sending similar information.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
38 words
The system of claim 9 , wherein the receiving UE is provided with means which limits reports on neighboring base stations to those base stations that are not included in the alert received from its associated base station.
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