US Patent Issued to InterDigital Patent Holdings on March 17 for "Idle mode mobility in ultra low power systems" (Japanese, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,581,378, issued on March 17, was assigned to InterDigital Patent Holdings Inc. (Wilmington, Del.).

"Idle mode mobility in ultra low power systems" was invented by Keiichi Kubota (Tokyo), Hussain Elkotby (Conshohocken, Pa.) and Ravikumar Pragada (Warrington, Pa.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems, methods, and instrumentalities are described herein for idle mode mobility in an ultra-low power (ULP) system. Idle mode mobility in a ULP system may support energy efficient downlink signaling. An association may be identified between a Uu cell and a ULP cell. Switching between Uu cells may limit power savings gains from ULP receivers. Ena...