H04W 48/20
Selecting an access point
H04W48/20 (Selecting an access point) appears on 5,428 US grants and 7,046 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in H04W- Granted patents
- 5,428
- Published applications
- 7,046
- Assignees
- 937
- Inventors
- 9,244
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1986 | 1 | 0 |
| 1987 | 1 | 0 |
| 1988 | 1 | 0 |
| 1989 | 0 | 0 |
| 1990 | 0 | 0 |
| 1991 | 2 | 0 |
| 1992 | 4 | 0 |
| 1993 | 3 | 0 |
| 1994 | 8 | 0 |
| 1995 | 8 | 0 |
| 1996 | 8 | 0 |
| 1997 | 6 | 0 |
| 1998 | 18 | 0 |
| 1999 | 28 | 0 |
| 2000 | 18 | 0 |
| 2001 | 16 | 11 |
| 2002 | 18 | 33 |
| 2003 | 22 | 52 |
| 2004 | 27 | 110 |
| 2005 | 31 | 75 |
| 2006 | 48 | 92 |
| 2007 | 50 | 88 |
| 2008 | 55 | 108 |
| 2009 | 49 | 117 |
| 2010 | 59 | 171 |
| 2011 | 79 | 153 |
| 2012 | 127 | 170 |
| 2013 | 161 | 265 |
| 2014 | 213 | 362 |
| 2015 | 292 | 449 |
| 2016 | 371 | 430 |
| 2017 | 369 | 420 |
| 2018 | 398 | 431 |
| 2019 | 464 | 400 |
| 2020 | 401 | 481 |
| 2021 | 395 | 456 |
| 2022 | 410 | 445 |
| 2023 | 329 | 536 |
| 2024 | 373 | 447 |
| 2025 | 325 | 427 |
| 2026 | 240 | 317 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
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By later US patents
- Method and circuit for acquisition by a radio receiver683US 5,711,001 AMotorola, Inc. · 1998
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- Cellular telephone system that uses position of a mobile unit to make call management decisions355US 5,546,445 A1996
- Apparatuses and mobile stations for providing packet data communication in digital TDMA cellular systems355US 5,590,133 ATelefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson · 1996
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