QUALCOMM Assigned Patent for Mobile Device-initiated Measurement Gap Request

QUALCOMM, San Diego, has been assigned a patent (8,358,629) developed by seven co-inventors for a “mobile device-initiated measurement gap request.” The co-inventors are Francesco Grilli, San Diego, Oronzo Flore, San Diego, Etienne Chaponniere, San Diego, Juan Montojo, San Diego, Masato Kitazoe, Tokyo, Nathan Tenny, Poway, Calif., and Durga Prasad Malladi, San Diego.
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: “Described herein are mechanisms and methods that facilitate preparation of inter-radio access technology (inter-RAT) and/or inter-frequency handover with respect to a mobile device (user equipment). User equipment can indicate to a network servicing the user equipment that the user equipment desires to perform measurements with respect to a different frequency and/or different technology. Data on the downlink channel can then be scheduled to ensure that data intended for the user equipment is not lost while the user equipment is performing the measurements.”
The patent application was filed on Oct. 24, 2006 (11/552,514). The full-text of the patent can be found at