PCTEL Receives Critical Roaming Patent.New Patent Protects Software That Enables Wireless Roaming Across Local and Wide Area Networks CHICAGO -- PCTEL, Inc. (Nasdaq:PCTI PCTI Passaic County Technical Institute (Wayne, New Jersey) PCTI Provider Tag Control Information ), a leader in wireless broadband High-speed wireless transmission of data. What is "high" speed is always a changing number. Wireless systems are typically slower than land-based, wireline networks. In the past, wireless broadband started at 250 Kbps, whereas land-based broadband was generally considered to start at T1 solutions, announced today that its fundamental patent covering roaming across different types of wireless networks has been granted by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO USPTO abbr. United States Patent and Trademark Office ). PCTEL's Roaming Client permits wireless subscribers to roam from cellular to Wi-Fi networks See wireless Ethernet and 802.11. while maintaining data and voice calls. The patent describes the techniques for both automatic and manual switching of data and voice calls from one network type to another. PCTEL was the first company to market a multi-mode Roaming Client that enabled this functionality. PCTEL had previously announced that the USPTO had communicated its intention to grant the patent. Official notification was provided on November 7, 2006. "PCTEL leads the industry in providing powerful, multi-mode roaming clients for laptops, mobile phones, and PDAs and we are delighted that we have been able to protect our investment in this important growth area" said Marty Singer, PCTEL's Chairman and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. . "While we are committed to protecting our technology and inventions, we also have a history of making our technology available to the industry," added Singer. The patent (U.S. 7,133,669) is entitled, Systems and Methods for Seamless Roaming Between Wireless Networks, and is briefly described as a technique for the seamless switching of a wireless device between wireless wide area networks (WWANs) and wireless local area networks (WLANs) that includes automatically detecting the available WWANs and WLANs, selecting one of the available networks for use by the wireless device and connecting the wireless device to the selected network. About PCTEL PCTEL, Inc. (Nasdaq:PCTI), which is headquartered in Chicago, is a global leader in wireless broadband solutions. The company's Broadband Technology broadband technology Telecommunications devices, lines, or technologies that allow communication over a wide band of frequencies, and especially over a range of frequencies divided into multiple independent channels for the simultaneous transmission of different signals. Group (BTG BTG BIT (Built-In Test) Target Generator BTG Bridging the Gap BTG British Technology Group BtG Betreuungsgesetz (Germany) BTG Biomass Technology Group BV BTG Begbies Traynor Group ) includes the Antenna Products Group and the RF Solutions Group. PCTEL's Antenna Products Group (http://antenna.pctel.com) designs, distributes, and supports innovative antenna solutions for public safety applications, unlicensed and licensed wireless broadband, fleet management, network timing, and other GPS applications. PCTEL's RF Solutions' (http://rfsolutions.pctel.com) portfolio of OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer) The rebranding of equipment and selling it. The term initially referred to the company that made the products (the "original" manufacturer), but eventually became widely used to refer to the organization that buys the products and receivers, receiver based products and interference management solutions are used to measure, monitor and optimize cellular networks. PCTEL's Mobility Solutions' (http://mobilitysolutions.pctel.com) software tools provide secure, access independent, remote connectivity to the Internet and IMS (1) See IP Multimedia Subsystem. (2) (Information Management System) An early IBM hierarchical DBMS for IBM mainframes. IMS was widely implemented throughout the 1970s under MVS and continues to be used under z/OS. services for converged handsets. The company's products are sold or licensed to wireless carriers, wireless ISPs, distributors, system integrators, wireless test and measurement companies, wireless network equipment, handset manufacturers, and government agencies. PCTEL protects its technology with a strong intellectual property portfolio and broad cross-licensing agreements. For more information, please visit the company's web site at: http://www.pctel.com. |
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