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Performing an idle mode handoff in a wireless communication device

CA 2467348 C · Owner: Anderson, Jon J. · Inventors: Gibson, R. Nicholson; Anderson, Jon J.; Ngai, Francis

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A Wireless Communication Device (WCD) inter-operates with a Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) communication system. The WCD operates in an idle mode wherein the WCD transitions between a sleep state to conserve power and an awake state to receive one or more paging signals. The WCD attempts to reacquire a first pilot signal associated with a first paging signal that was previously being demodulated, and a second pilot signal that was previously being tracked. The WCD performs a handoff from the first paging signal to a second paging signal associated with the second pilot signal when the attempt to reacquire the first pilot signal fails and the attempt to reacquire the second …

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  • Filed November 15, 2002 and granted March 20, 2012. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended November 15, 2022.
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FiledNovember 15, 2002
GrantedMarch 20, 2012
Term endedNovember 15, 2022
Patent numberCA 2467348 C
Classification (IPC)H04W36/02 +2 more

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