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WO0120940A1:
APPARATUS, AND ASSOCIATED METHOD, FOR FACILITATING COMMUNICATION HANDOVERS IN A RADIO COMMUNICATION SYSTEM[French]
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WO World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)
A1 INTERNATIONAL APPLICATION PUBLISHED WITH INTERNATIONAL SEARCH REPORT i
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| Inventor: |
MARTINI, Peter;
FRANK, Matthias;
GOPFFARTH, Rolf;
HANSMANN, Wolfgang;
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NOKIA CORPORATION
NOKIA INC.
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| Published / Filed: |
2001-03-22
/ 2000-09-13
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| Application Number: |
WO2000IB0001299
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| IPC Code: |
Advanced:
H04L 12/56;
H04L 29/06;
H04W 36/08;
H04W 56/00;
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H04W 36/00;
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IPC-7:
H04Q 7/38;
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H04W36/08; H04L12/56B; H04L29/06; H04Q7/38H; T04Q7/38C2D; T04W56/00;
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Apparatus, and an associated method, for facilitating handover ofcommunication in a BLUEPAC (Bluetooth public access) or other radio communication system. Address and timing information associated with potential target base stations is collected and broadcastto mobile devices during operation of the radio communication system. The information is utilized by the mobile device during handover procedures to facilitate efficient handover of communications to a selected target base. In a further implementation, a base station is provided with separate, dedicated transmitters in which a first set of dedicated transmitters is dedicated for setup operations with a mobile device during handover operation and another set of dedicated transmitters is dedicated for regular data communications.
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KELLY, Robert H. ;
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+ APPARATUS, AND ASSOCIATED METHOD, FOR FACILITATING COMMUNICATION HANDOVERS IN A RADIO COMMUNICATION SYSTEM
The present invention relates generally to communication handovers between base stations of a radio communication system, such as a BLUEPAC (Bluetooth public access) system. More particularly, the present invention relates to a manner by which to facilitate communication handovers of a Bluetooth, or other, mobile device to a target base station. In one implementation, information related to the target base station is provided to the mobile device by the base station with which the mobile device is first associated. In another implementation, separate, dedicated transmitters are provided. A first set of dedicated transmitters is utilized to perform setup operations with the mobile device, and a second set of transmitters is utilized to perform regular data transmissions.
+ BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
New types of communication systems have been made possible as a result of advancements in communication technologies. Such new types of communication systems have generally permitted increased rates of data transmission or made more convenient, or even made possible, the transmission of data.
+ SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
The present invention, accordingly, advantageously provides apparatus, and associated method, by which to facilitate efficient handover of communications of a mobile Bluetooth, or other, device to a target base station. Through operation of an embodiment of the present invention, handover of communications to the target base station are effectuated more quickly than generally permitted utilizing convention techniques, thereby, to improve handover procedures.
+ Brief Description of the Drawings
Figure 1 illustrates a functional block diagram of a BLUEPAC (Bluetooth public access) communications system in which an embodiment of the present invention is operable.
+ DETAILED DESCRIPTION
Referring first to Figure 1, a communication system, shown generally at 10, provides for radio communications with a mobile device 12 by way of a radio-link 14. In the exemplary implementation, the communication system 10 forms a BLUEPAC (Bluetooth public access) communication system. In other implementations, other embodiments to the present invention are similarly possible in other such radio communication systems. Here, the communication system includes a LAN (local area network) portion 16 formed of a plurality of elements networked together. While only a single network loop is illustrated in the Figure to form the LAN, in an actual implementation, the LAN may be comprised of more than one interconnected heterogeneous 5 LANs.
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