METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR SUPPORTING SESSION SIGNALING AND MOBILITY MANAGEMENT IN A COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM - Patent 1402654

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EP 1 402 654 A2

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(88)	Date of publication A3:
	23.10.2003

(43)	Date of publication:
	31.03.2004 Bulletin 2004/14

(21)	Application number: 02741947.2

(22)	Date of filing: 11.06.2002

(51)	International Patent Classification (IPC)⁷: H04B 7/00

(86)	International application number:
	PCT/US2002/018296

(87)	International publication number:
	WO 2002/103951 (27.12.2002 Gazette 2002/52)

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE TR
	Designated Extension States:
	AL LT LV MK RO SI

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Priority:

14.06.2001 US 298283 P

(71)	Applicant: Flarion Technologies, INC.
	Bedminster, NJ 07921 (US)

(72)	Inventors:
	O'NEILL, Alan William W est Hindmarsh,Adelaide, S.A. 5007 (AU) CORSON, M., Scott New York, NY 10001 (US) PARK, Vincent Budd Lake, NJ 07828 (US) TSIRTSIS, George London, UK (GB)

(74)	Representative: von Hellfeld, Axel, Dr. Dipl.-Phys. et al
	Wuesthoff & WuesthoffPatent- und RechtsanwälteSchweigerstrasse 2 81541 München 81541 München (DE)

(54)	METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR SUPPORTING SESSION SIGNALING AND MOBILITY MANAGEMENT IN A COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM