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United States Patent 7,630,709
Shaheen , et al. December 8, 2009

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Format converter for WLAN-UMTS interworking employing UMTS air interface


Abstract
A format converter for use with a universal mobile telecommunications system (UMTS) having a transceiver, a wireless local area network (WLAN) having an access point (AP) and a wireless terminal, for providing access to the UMTS by the terminal. The format converter comprises a WLAN transceiver for sending and receiving messages to and from the AP; a UMTS transceiver for sending and receiving messages to and from the transceiver in the UMTS; and a translator for translating WLAN messages to UMTS format and UMTS messages to WLAN format.


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Inventors: Shaheen; Kamel M. (King of Prussia, PA), Kazakevich; Leonid (Plainview, NY)
Assignee: InterDigital Technology Corporation (Wilmington, DE)

Appl. No.: 11/433,958
Filed: May 15, 2006

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Related U.S. Patent Documents

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Application Number Filing Date Patent Number Issue Date
10319180 May., 2006 7050800
60399787 Jul., 2002


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Current U.S. Class: 455/426.2 ; 370/338; 455/435.1
Current International Class: H04W 4/00 (20060101)