Patent ID: 8134977
Filing Date: 2012-03-13
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
1. A method to process wireless signal components for a mobile wireless access broadband service, comprising: defining a protocol that controls whether to invoke a tune away component to determine an alternative wireless communications path, the tune-away component samples both inter-frequency and inter-RAT (radio access technology) communication paths as candidate alternate communication paths; defining one or more tune-away parameters associated with a tune-away schedule utilized in connection with the protocol, the tune-away parameters including at least a Start Super Frame Number identifying a super frame in which a first tune-away occurred and a Start Super Frame Offset indicating a time duration between the beginning of the Start Super Frame and the first-tune away; sending a BLOB (binary large object) message from an access terminal or an access node to facilitate monitoring a page from a disparate radio access technology (RAT) in a mobile broadband wireless access system, wherein the BLOB comprises at least a message ID field and a technology type field indicating the type of the disparate radio access technology; and selecting the alternative wireless communications path based in part on the tune-away component and at least one of the tune-away parameters, and the page from the disparate RAT.