H04W WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS (broadcast communication H04H; communication systems using wireless links for non-selective communication, e.g. wireless extensions H04M1/72)
Introduced: January 2009
Description
H04W encompasses wireless communication systems and networks that transmit signals without fixed physical connections between transmitter and receiver. This subclass covers technologies including cellular mobile networks (2G through 5G and beyond), wireless local area networks (WLAN), satellite communications, and short-range wireless protocols such as Bluetooth and Wi-Fi. It includes methods and apparatus for network access, resource allocation, mobility management, and signal transmission across various frequency bands and modulation schemes. Related standards development, system architecture, and interoperability mechanisms between different wireless technologies fall within this scope.
Title
Titles differ between systems:
IPC: WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS
CPC: WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS (broadcast communication H04H; communication systems using wireless links for non-selective communication, e.g. wireless extensions H04M1/72)
Full Title
Full titles differ between systems:
WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS
WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS (broadcast communication H04H; communication systems using wireless links for non-selective communication, e.g. wireless extensions H04M1/72)
IPC and CPC are identically structured here. All 22 subcodes exist in both systems.
4 shared codes have differing titles between IPC and CPC.
IPC defines codes here since 2009.
Child Classifications
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- H04W 12/00 Security arrangements; Authentication; Protecting privacy or anonymity since 2009 +1 CPC IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
- H04W 16/00 Network planning, e.g. coverage or traffic planning tools; Network deployment, e.g. resource partitioning or cells structures since 2009 IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
- H04W 24/00 Supervisory, monitoring or testing arrangements since 2009 IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
- H04W 28/00 Network traffic management; Network resource management since 2009 IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
- H04W 4/00 Services specially adapted for wireless communication networks; Facilities therefor since 2009 IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
- H04W 40/00 Communication routing or communication path finding since 2009 +1 CPC IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
- H04W 48/00 Access restriction (access security to prevent unauthorised access H04W12/08); Network selection; Access point selection since 2009 +1 CPC IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
- H04W 60/00 Affiliation to network, e.g. registration; Terminating affiliation with the network, e.g. de-registration since 2009 +3 CPC IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
- H04W 64/00 Locating users or terminals for network management purposes, e.g. mobility management since 2009 +2 CPC IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
- H04W 68/00 User notification, e.g. alerting and paging, for incoming communication, change of service or the like since 2009 +1 CPC IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
- H04W 80/00 Wireless network protocols or protocol adaptations to wireless operation since 2009 IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
- H04W 88/00 Devices specially adapted for wireless communication networks, e.g. terminals, base stations or access point devices since 2009 +1 CPC IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC