US 8,509,147 B1Granted

Wireless communication device registration with multiple base stations

AssigneeSprint Communications Company L.P.

InventorsDebasish Sarkar, Siddharth S. Oroskar, Sachin R. Vargantwar, Manoj Shetty, Deveshkumar Narendrapratap Rai

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Abstract

In a communication system, a first base station wirelessly transmits a first base station access code. A second base station wirelessly transmits a second base station access code. A wireless communication device wirelessly receives the first base station access code and the second base station access code and processes the first base station access code and the second base station access code to generate a common access code. The wireless communication device wirelessly transmits the common access code. The first base station wirelessly receives the common access code and processes the common access code to initiate the registration of the wireless communication device with the first base station. The second base station wirelessly receives the common access code and processes the common access code to initiate the registration of the wireless communication device with the second base station.

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Dependent claims

A method of operating a communication system comprising:

wirelessly transmitting a first base station access code from a first base station, wherein the first base station access code allows wireless device registration with the first base station and not with a second base station;
wirelessly transmitting a second base station access code from the second base station, wherein the second base station access code allows wireless device registration with the second base station and not with the first base station;
in a wireless communication device, wirelessly receiving the first base station access code and the second base station access code and processing the first base station access code and the second base station access code to generate a common access code, wherein the common access code allows the wireless communication device to register with both the first base station and the second base station;
wirelessly transmitting the common access code from the wireless communication device;
in the first base station, wirelessly receiving the common access code and processing the common access code to initiate registration of the wireless communication device with the first base station;
and
in the second base station, wirelessly receiving the common access code and processing the common access code to initiate registration of the wireless communication device with the second base station.

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A communication system comprising:

a first base station configured to wirelessly transmit a first base station access code, wherein the first base station access code allows wireless device registration with the first base station and not with a second base station;
the second base station configured to wirelessly transmit a second base station access code, wherein the second base station access code allows wireless device registration with the second base station and not with the first base station;
a wireless communication device configured to wirelessly receive the first base station access code and the second base station access code, process the first base station access code and the second base station access code to generate a common access code, and wirelessly transmit the common access code, wherein the common access code allows the wireless communication device to register with both the first base station and the second base station;
the first base station further configured to wirelessly receive the common access code and process the common access code to initiate registration of the wireless communication device with the first base station;
and
the second base station further configured to wirelessly receive the common access code and process the common access code to initiate registration of the wireless communication device with the second base station.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.