Handoff or reselecting arrangements

Filing statistics

IPC H04W 36/00 belongs to the parent subclass H04W, which recorded 1,086,704 patent applications worldwide between 2013 and 2023. Annual filings grew from 75,401 in 2013 to 101,506 in 2023 (+35%), peaking at 118,355 applications in 2021. The most active applicants in class H04 are QUALCOMM (97,396 applications), HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES COMPANY (96,502 applications) and SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS COMPANY (86,981 applications).

Source: EPO PATSTAT, worldwide filings

Additional Content

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