EP1527630A4
Method and apparatus 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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| WO0219617A2 | Cites | World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) | A | Search report | 1-12 |
| WO0219617A | Cites | World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) | – | – | – |
| OSTROWSKI F: "ROAMING UND HANDOVER ZWISCHEN UMTS UNK FUNK-LAN", 2002, NTZ (NACHRICHTENTECHNISCHE ZEITSCHRIFT), VDE VERLAG GMBH. BERLIN, DE, PAGE(S) 24-26, ISSN: 0027-707X, XP001124094 | Non-patent | – | – | Search report | – |
| GERDES M ET AL: "TCP PERFORMANCE ANALYSIS OF INTER-SYSTEM HANDOVER BETWEEN WLAN AND A UMTS RADIO ACCESS NETWORK", 6 October 1999, ITG FACHBERICHTE, VDE VERLAG, BERLIN, DE, PAGE(S) 345-349, ISSN: 0932-6022, XP008039082 | Non-patent | – | – | Search report | – |
| SHIAO-LI TSAO ET AL: "Design and evaluation of umts-wlan interworking strategies", VTC 2002-FALL. 2002 IEEE 56TH. VEHICULAR TECHNOLOGY CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS. VANCOUVER, CANADA, SEPT. 24 - 28, 2002, IEEE VEHICULAR TECHNOLGY CONFERENCE, NEW YORK, NY : IEEE, US, vol. VOL. 1 OF 4. CONF. 56, 24 September 2002 (2002-09-24), pages 777 - 781, XP010608918, ISBN: 0-7803-7467-3 | Non-patent | – | – | Search report | – |
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Numbers
- Publication
- 1527630
- Application
- 37716776
Titles3
- German
- VERFAHREN UND VORRICHTUNG FÜR DAS ZUSAMMENARBEITEN VON WLAN UND UMTS UNTER ANWENDUNG EINER UMTS-LUFTSCHNITTSTELLE
- English
- METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR WLAN-UMTS INTERWORKING EMPLOYING UMTS AIR INTERFACE
- French
- PROCEDE ET APPAREIL DESTINES A UNE INTERACTION WLAN-UMTS AU MOYEN D'UNE INTERFACE AIR DE L'UMTS
Classification
- CPC, 3
- H04W92/02
- H04L12/66
- H04W4/18
- IPC, 3
- H04B7 26
- H04L12 28
- H04W92 02
Designated states31
- Contracting states, 27
- Austria
- Belgium
- Bulgaria
- Switzerland
- Cyprus
- Czechia
- Germany
- Denmark
- Estonia
- Spain
- Finland
- France
- United Kingdom
- Greece
- Hungary
- Ireland
- Italy
- Liechtenstein
- Luxembourg
- Monaco
- Netherlands (Kingdom of the)
- Portugal
- Romania
- Sweden
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- Slovenia
- Slovakia
- Türkiye
- Extension states, 4
- Albania
- Lithuania
- Latvia
- North Macedonia