Telecommunications – Transmitter and receiver at same station – Radiotelephone equipment detail
Reexamination Certificate
2008-07-01
2008-07-01
Kincaid, Lester G. (Department: 2617)
Telecommunications
Transmitter and receiver at same station
Radiotelephone equipment detail
C455S432100, C455S422100
Reexamination Certificate
active
10696806
ABSTRACT:
Methods and apparatus for the communication of cellular network information between a wireless local area network (WLAN) and a mobile station are disclosed. In one illustrative example, the mobile station receives a generic container message from the WLAN in an extensible authentication procedure (EAP). The generic container message includes cellular network information associated with one or more available cellular networks previously received by the WLAN. The generic container message is not technology or standard-specific and therefore it may contain cellular network information from a variety of different cellular networks (e.g. 3GPP, 3GPP2, IETF, etc.). The mobile station decodes the generic container message to identify and store the cellular network information in its memory. Preferably, the cellular network information includes information for identifying the cellular networks so that the mobile station may appropriately select one of the cellular networks for communication.
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Casca Fred
Kincaid Lester G.
Oskorep, Esq. John J.
Research In Motion Limited
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