Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Network elements, wireless communication system and methods therefor
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Application No.: US15119682Application Date: 2015-02-19
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Publication No.: US10433217B2Publication Date: 2019-10-01
- Inventor: Christopher Edward John Kilgour , Nicholas Dougall Johnson , Neil Philip Piercy , James Edward Brereton Harrow , Alan Whitehead , David Charles Brock
- Applicant: ip.access Limited , Christopher Edward John Kilgour , Nicholas Dougall Johnson , Neil Philip Piercy , James Edward Brereton Harrow , Alan Whitehead , David Charles Brock
- Applicant Address: GB Cambridge
- Assignee: ip.access Limited
- Current Assignee: ip.access Limited
- Current Assignee Address: GB Cambridge
- Agency: Optimus Patents US, LLC
- Priority: GB1403005.0 20140220
- International Application: PCT/EP2015/053473 WO 20150219
- International Announcement: WO2015/124657 WO 20150827
- Main IPC: H04W36/00
- IPC: H04W36/00 ; H04W48/12 ; H04W88/02 ; H04W88/08

Abstract:
A method and apparatus for redirecting a wireless communication unit (113) from a LTE cell to a neighboring 3G or 2G cell for the purposes of performing a procedure which is available in the 2G or 3G cell but not available in the LTE cell includes the provision of an additional LTE access point (109) within the coverage area of an LTE macrocell. The additional LTE access point (109) is arranged to capture a wireless communication unit (113) which is camped onto the LTE macrocell and redirect it to a 3G/2G cell irrespective of whether or not a better service may be provided in the 2G/3G cell. The invention has application to presence detection where collection of wireless communication units' and subscribers' IDs for such a purpose is possible in 3G and 2G cells but not in LTE cells.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170013518A1 NETWORK ELEMENTS, WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND METHODS THEREFOR Public/Granted day:2017-01-12
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