IP Library Granted Patent US 9,319,974
Granted Patent B2
US 9,319,974 · App. 13/607,455 · Granted Apr 19, 2016

Communication transmission methods and systems

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Patent No.
US 9,319,974
App. No.
13/607,455
Granted
Apr 19, 2016
Kind
B2
Abstract

Communication transmission methods and systems are provided. Firstly, a base station is configured to set an indicator for determining whether a first wireless communication technology and a second communication technology are allowed simultaneously for transmissions by the base station. Then, a user equipment, is configured to receive a voice call by a user equipment from the base station and determine whether to answer the voice call using the first wireless communication technology or the second communication technology, when the first wireless communication technology and the second communication technology are not allowed simultaneously shown by the indicator.

Claims (28)

1. A communication transmission method, comprising:

setting an indicator, by a base station, specifying whether a first wireless communication technology and a second wireless communication technology are allowed simultaneously for transmissions by the base station, wherein the first wireless communication technology and the second wireless communication technology are allowed simultaneously for transmissions means a user equipment may handle and/or process service request, transmission, or signaling, acquisition and any other communication status from the first wireless communication technology and the second wireless communication technology at the same time;

communicating the indicator from the base station to the user equipment;

receiving a voice call by the user equipment from the base station; and

determining, by the user equipment, whether to answer the voice call using the first wireless communication technology or the second wireless communication technology, when the first wireless communication technology and the second wireless communication technology are not allowed simultaneously, as shown by the indicator;

in response to the voice call being received by a user equipment, and when the indicator specifies that first wireless communication technology and the second wireless communication technology are not simultaneously allowed for transmissions by the base station, suspending a data transmission transmitted via the second wireless communication technology, by the base station.

2. The communication transmission method of claim 1 , wherein the base station sets the indicator as a first value when transmissions using first wireless communication technology and the second wireless communication technology are allowed simultaneously by the base station, and sets the indicator as a second value when transmissions using the first wireless communication technology and the second wireless communication technology are not allowed simultaneously by the base station.

3. The communication transmission method of claim 1 , wherein the first wireless communication technology is CDMA technology and the second wireless communication technology is LTE technology.

4. The communication transmission method of claim 1 , further comprising:

processing the voice call via the first wireless communication technology; and

returning to the data transmission transmitted of the second wireless communication technology, by the base station when the voice call ends.

5. The communication transmission method of claim 4 , further comprising:

transmitting a service request to the base station, by the user equipment, for suspending the data transmission transmitted via the second wireless communication technology, when transmissions using the first wireless communication technology and the second wireless communication technology are not simultaneously allowed.

6. The communication transmission method of claim 1 , further comprising:

when the voice call is received by a user equipment, and the first wireless communication technology and the second wireless communication technology are simultaneously not allowed for transmissions by the base station, processing the voice call via the second wireless communication technology by the base station.

7. The communication transmission method of claim 6 , further comprising:

processing the voice call via the second wireless communication technology through a voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP), by the user equipment.

8. A communication transmission system, comprising:

a base station, configured to set an indicator specifying whether a first wireless communication technology and a second wireless communication technology are allowed simultaneously for transmissions by the base station; and

a user equipment, configured to receive a voice call by a user equipment from the base station and determine whether to answer the voice call using the first wireless communication technology or the second wireless communication technology, when the first wireless communication technology and the second communication technology are not allowed simultaneously shown by the indicator,

wherein the first wireless communication technology and the second wireless communication technology are allowed simultaneously for transmissions means that the user equipment may handle and/or process service request, transmission, or signaling, acquisition and any other communication status from the first wireless communication technology and the second wireless communication technology at the same time;

in response to the user equipment receiving the voice call, and when the indicator specifies that first wireless communication technology and the second wireless communication technology are not simultaneously allowed for transmissions by the base station, the base station suspends a data transmission.

9. The communication transmission system of claim 8 , wherein the base station sets the indicator as a first value when transmissions using the first wireless communication technology and the second wireless communication technology are allowed simultaneously by the base station, and sets the indicator as a second value when transmissions using the first wireless communication technology and the second wireless communication technology are not allowed simultaneously by the base station.

10. The communication transmission system of claim 8 , wherein the first wireless communication technology is the CDMA technology and the second wireless communication technology is the LTE technology.

11. The communication transmission system of claim 8 , wherein the base station suspends a data transmission transmitted via the second wireless communication technology, by the base station, processes the voice call via the first wireless communication technology, and returns to the data transmission transmitted of the second wireless communication technology, by the base station when the voice call ends.

12. The communication transmission system of claim 11 , wherein the user equipment transmits a service request to the base station for suspension of a data transmission transmitted via the second wireless communication technology, when transmissions using the first wireless communication technology and the second wireless communication technology are not simultaneously allowed.

13. The communication transmission system of claim 8 , wherein when the user equipment receives a voice call, and the first wireless communication technology and the second wireless communication technology are not allowed simultaneously by the base station, the base station processes the voice call via the second wireless communication technology.

14. The communication transmission system of claim 13 , wherein the base station processes the voice call via the second wireless communication technology through a Voice over Internet Protocol.

Assignments (4)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 11, 2019
From: INTEL CORPORATION
To: GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD.
Reel/Frame 049733/0343 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 11, 2015
From: VIA TELECOM CO., LTD.
To: INTEL CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 037096/0075 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 27, 2013
From: VIA TELECOM, INC.
To: VIA TELECOM CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 031298/0044 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 7, 2012
From: WANG, GUOTONG; LEE, ANTHONY
To: VIA TELECOM, INC.
Reel/Frame 028920/0938 →