InterDigital Inc (IDCC)

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United States Patent 7,978,642
Cave , et al. July 12, 2011
System and method for determining air interface information for radio resource management in wireless communications

Abstract
An air interface information unit including a measurement setup unit for implementing measurement setup procedures and configuration; a measurement reception and storing unit for storing actual, predicted and default air interface values and corresponding timestamps; a measurement processing unit for filtering, verifying, processing and combining air interface values; and a measurement output unit for providing air interface values to RRM functions upon request and triggering RRM functions when an air interface value exceeds a predetermined threshold.

Inventors: Cave; Christopher (Candiac, CA), Cuffaro; Angelo (Laval, CA), Hunkeler; Teresa Joanne (Montreal, CA), Zaki; Maged (Pierrefonds, CA), Zhang; Guodong (Farmingdale, NY), Zuniga; Juan Carlos (Montreal, CA)
Assignee: InterDigital Technology Corporation (Wilmington, DE)
Appl. No.: 11/318,402
Filed: December 23, 2005
Related U.S. Patent Documents
Application Number Filing Date Patent Number Issue Date
10748015 Dec., 2003 7050412
60480844 Jun., 2003
Current U.S. Class: 370/317 ; 370/332; 370/522; 455/450; 455/67.11
Current International Class: H04B 7/185 (20060101); H04W 72/00 (20090101); H04J 3/12 (20060101); H04W 4/00 (20090101); H04B 17/00 (20060101)
Field of Search: 455/450,452.2,67.11 370/331,252,317,332

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