H04W 36/13
Cell handover without a predetermined boundary
Official title: {Cell handover without a predetermined boundary, e.g. virtual cells}
H04W36/13 (Cell handover without a predetermined boundary) appears on 305 US grants and 417 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in H04W- Granted patents
- 305
- Published applications
- 417
- Assignees
- 105
- Inventors
- 662
- Latest grant
- 29 Sep 2026
Filings by year
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| 1997 | 1 | 0 |
| 1998 | 0 | 0 |
| 1999 | 0 | 0 |
| 2000 | 0 | 0 |
| 2001 | 0 | 0 |
| 2002 | 0 | 0 |
| 2003 | 0 | 0 |
| 2004 | 0 | 0 |
| 2005 | 2 | 1 |
| 2006 | 0 | 0 |
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| 2008 | 0 | 0 |
| 2009 | 0 | 4 |
| 2010 | 0 | 0 |
| 2011 | 0 | 3 |
| 2012 | 1 | 3 |
| 2013 | 4 | 11 |
| 2014 | 3 | 5 |
| 2015 | 5 | 5 |
| 2016 | 7 | 7 |
| 2017 | 5 | 8 |
| 2018 | 7 | 20 |
| 2019 | 19 | 36 |
| 2020 | 20 | 44 |
| 2021 | 45 | 53 |
| 2022 | 38 | 42 |
| 2023 | 41 | 73 |
| 2024 | 36 | 42 |
| 2025 | 44 | 36 |
| 2026 | 27 | 24 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Method and apparatus for re-deriving cell reselection priority in slice-based cell reselection in next-generation mobile communication system29 Sep 2026US 12,750,748 B2Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
- Slice continuity in handover25 Aug 2026US 12,720,389 B2Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
- Intelligent packet core selection4 Aug 2026US 12,701,484 B2AT&T Intellectual Property I, L. P.
- Method and apparatus for programmable and customized intelligence for traffic steering in 5G networks using open ran architectures21 Jul 2026US 12,689,958 B2Mavenir Systems, Inc.
- Communication method for performing cross-network access control and associated communication apparatus, medium, and chip7 Jul 2026US 12,677,201 B2Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
- Mechanism to enable interworking between network slicing and evolved packet core connectivity3 Sep 2026US 2026/0262123 A1QUALCOMM Incorporated
- Method for controlling redirection, terminal device, and storage medium23 Jul 2026US 2026/0214524 A1Honor Device Co., Ltd.
- Signaling associated with network slicing23 Jul 2026US 2026/0214562 A1QUALCOMM Incorporated
- Devices, methods, apparatuses, and computer readable media for network slice security9 Jul 2026US 2026/0197718 A1Nokia Technologies Oy
- Methods performed by network node and node, and node device11 Jun 2026US 2026/0164323 A1Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Method, computer program, and algorithm for computing network service value pricing based on communication service experiences delivered to consumers and merchants over a smart multi-services (SMS) communication network181US 8,332,517 B2incNETWORKS, Inc. · 2012
- Long term evolution architecture and mobility55US 8,982,841 B2SpiderCloud Wireless, Inc. · 2015
- Location management for cellular systems51US 6,898,433 B1Nokia Networks Oy · 2005
- Dynamic network slice-switching and handover system and method28US 10,555,134 B2AT&T Intellectual Property I, L. P. · 2020
- Enable a network-trigger change of network slices23US 10,264,506 B2QUALCOMM Incorporated · 2019