H04W 40/24
Connectivity information management
Official title: Connectivity information management, e.g. connectivity discovery or connectivity update
H04W40/24 (Connectivity information management) appears on 5,195 US grants and 6,297 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in H04W- Granted patents
- 5,195
- Published applications
- 6,297
- Assignees
- 1,305
- Inventors
- 9,134
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1988 | 1 | 0 |
| 1989 | 0 | 0 |
| 1990 | 0 | 0 |
| 1991 | 0 | 0 |
| 1992 | 0 | 0 |
| 1993 | 1 | 0 |
| 1994 | 1 | 0 |
| 1995 | 7 | 0 |
| 1996 | 7 | 0 |
| 1997 | 7 | 0 |
| 1998 | 7 | 0 |
| 1999 | 11 | 0 |
| 2000 | 13 | 0 |
| 2001 | 10 | 8 |
| 2002 | 13 | 67 |
| 2003 | 22 | 93 |
| 2004 | 36 | 151 |
| 2005 | 34 | 136 |
| 2006 | 80 | 168 |
| 2007 | 63 | 180 |
| 2008 | 99 | 200 |
| 2009 | 109 | 163 |
| 2010 | 150 | 202 |
| 2011 | 193 | 154 |
| 2012 | 178 | 165 |
| 2013 | 163 | 179 |
| 2014 | 225 | 270 |
| 2015 | 257 | 393 |
| 2016 | 291 | 370 |
| 2017 | 320 | 351 |
| 2018 | 346 | 347 |
| 2019 | 390 | 364 |
| 2020 | 374 | 411 |
| 2021 | 364 | 387 |
| 2022 | 332 | 411 |
| 2023 | 339 | 383 |
| 2024 | 298 | 315 |
| 2025 | 287 | 244 |
| 2026 | 167 | 185 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- H04W 40/246Connectivity information discovery1,538
- H04W 40/248Connectivity information update1,155
- H04W 40/244Using a network of reference devices899
- H04W 40/28For reactive routing452
- H04W 40/32For defining a routing cluster membership424
- H04W 40/30For proactive routing327
- H04W 40/26For hybrid routing by combining proactive and reactive routing151
- H04W 40/242Aging of topology database entries37
Recent patents
- Method for updating network topology and control node6 Oct 2026US 12,756,631 B2Moxa Inc.
- Systems and methods facilitating configuration of router quality of service policies for prioritizing standalone network traffic6 Oct 2026US 12,757,065 B2AT&T Intellectual Property I, L. P.
- ZTP RAN server with a virtual cell site router6 Oct 2026US 12,757,102 B2Mavenir Systems, Inc.
- Wireless communication method and apparatus29 Sep 2026US 12,750,090 B2Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
- Management of identifiers in an integrated access and backhaul network29 Sep 2026US 12,750,336 B2QUALCOMM Incorporated
- Systems and methods for triggering data channel setup in user equipment using operations, administration, and maintenance device management8 Oct 2026US 2026/0313006 A1Nokia Technologies Oy
- Distributed coordination of duplicate address detection8 Oct 2026US 2026/0313365 A1
- Mobile application triggered network slice management8 Oct 2026US 2026/0313513 A1Boost SubscriberCo L.L.C.
- Ursp rule update method and apparatus based on network slice re-mapping in wireless communication system8 Oct 2026US 2026/0313515 A1LG Electronics Inc.
- Improved fronthaul traffic to radio unit8 Oct 2026US 2026/0313516 A1Outdoor Wireless Networks LLC
Most cited
By later US patents
- Routing method for Ad-Hoc mobile networks614US 5,987,011 AKing's College · 1999
- Highly dynamic destination-sequenced destination vector routing for mobile computers587US 5,412,654 AInternational Business Machines Corporation · 1995
- Encoded information reading terminal with wireless path selection capability551US 8,584,945 B2Hand Held Products, Inc. · 2013
- Wireless network system and method for providing same525US 6,044,062 ACommUnique, LLC · 2000
- Encoded information reading terminal with wireless path selecton capability515US 8,807,431 B2Hand Held Products, Inc. · 2014