H04W 36/00 Hand-off or reselection arrangements
Introduced: January 2009
Title
Titles differ between systems:
IPC: Handoff or reselecting arrangements
CPC: Hand-off or reselection arrangements
Full Title
Full titles differ between systems:
Handoff or reselecting arrangements
Hand-off or reselection arrangements
Additional Content IPC
hand-off means a change of a radio link while a connection is ongoing (active state) or readily set up although no data are currently transmitted (dormant state) user mobility means the user changing his point(s) of attachment in the network(s), e.g. access point due to movement in service areas registration binding location updates means using system, user or terminal tracking information to detect user mobility seamless soft reselection means a reselection whereby wireless links are temporarily added or deleted in such a manner that the terminal keeps at least one link connected lossless reselection means a reselection whereby information loss during reselection is prevented or avoided
Of 13 combined children, 10 exist in both systems.
3 codes are CPC-only extensions.
IPC defines codes here since 2009.
Child Classifications
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- H04W 36/02 Buffering or recovering information during reselection since 2009 +2 CPC IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
- H04W 36/04 Reselecting a cell layer in multi-layered cells since 2009 IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
- H04W 36/06 Reselecting a communication resource in the serving access point since 2009 IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
- H04W 36/12 Reselecting a serving backbone network switching or routing node since 2009 +1 CPC IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
- H04W 36/14 Reselecting a network or an air interface since 2009 +2 CPC IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
- H04W 36/16 Performing reselection for specific purposes since 2009 +1 CPC IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
- H04W 36/24 Reselection being triggered by specific parameters since 2009 +2 CPC IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
Top Applicants
Top Applicants (IPC)
Class H04,2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT
- QUALCOMM US 97,396
- HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES COMPANY CN 96,502
- SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS COMPANY KR 86,981
- TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL) SE 55,869
- HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES COMPANY 55,349
- LG ELECTRONICS KR 53,649
- CANON 33,341
- SONY CORPORATION JP 32,761
- ZTE CORPORATION CN 32,274
- GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION 28,327
Top Applicants (CPC)
Class H04,2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT
- HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES COMPANY CN 101,476
- QUALCOMM US 101,139
- SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS COMPANY KR 96,655
- TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL) SE 57,744
- LG ELECTRONICS KR 55,253
- HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES COMPANY 54,181
- SONY CORPORATION JP 35,309
- ZTE CORPORATION CN 32,950
- INTEL CORPORATION US 27,533
- GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION CN 27,498