1. A wall covering for mounting on a support surface comprising:
a plurality of panels each having a body portion formed with a plurality of horizontal rows of simulated building elements; said panels each having upper and lower elongated marginal edge regions and opposite first and second side marginal edge regions;
said panels being mountable on said support surface in a plurality of horizontal courses with said panels in a first horizontal course having a lower marginal edge region overlying an upper marginal edge region of a previously mounted panel in a second course positioned below the first horizontal course and with said panels in each course having a first side marginal edge region overlying a second side marginal edge region of an adjacent previously mounted panel in the course;
said upper and lower marginal having interengageable interlocks for positively securing together overlying upper and lower marginal edges;
said first side marginal edge region of each panel being formed with a depending hook and said second side marginal edge region of each panel being formed with an outwardly opening hook receiving slot, and said hook and hook receiving slot of adjacent panels being interengageable as an incident to relative lateral movement of the panels during installation such that side marginal edge regions overly each other with the rows of simulated building elements of one panel in aligned and predetermined spaced relation to the rows of simulated building elements of the adjacently mounted panel.
2. The wall covering of claim 1 in which said slot and hook of each panel have cooperating surfaces for laterally aligning the rows of simulated building elements of one panel with the rows of simulated building elements of the adjacent panel as an incident to lateral movement of the overlying marginal side edge region during installation on the support surface.
3. The wall covering of claim 1 in which said hook and slot of each panel have cooperating surfaces for drawing the overlying side marginal edge regions of adjacent panels together into tight fitting engagement with each other as an incident to relative lateral movement during installation on said support surface.
4. The wall covering of claim 1 in which said underlying marginal edge region of each panel is formed with an elongated nailing aperture oriented at an angle to the elongated upper marginal edge region.
5. The wall covering of claim 4 in which said underlying marginal edge region of each panel is formed with a pair of depending support flanges on opposite sides of said slot which are mountable in engagement with said support surface.
6. The wall covering of claim 1 in which said panels are formed with rows of simulated hand laid masonry items with simulated mortar lines separating the masonry items throughout the panel, said simulated mortar lines having an undulating non-planar outer surface, said underlying side marginal edge region of each panel being formed with a side flange extending outwardly of the last simulated masonry items of each row, said side flange is formed with a non-planar undulating surface similar to that of the masonry lines throughout the panel.
7. The wall covering of claim 6 in which said overlying side marginal edge region of each panel is formed with a non-planar undulating surface complementary to the undulating surface of said side flange which is positionable onto the undulating surface of said side flange as an incident to interengagement of the overlying side marginal edge regions.
8. The wall covering of claim 1 in which said first marginal edge region of each panel is formed with a plurality of said depending hooks, and said second side marginal edge region is formed with a respective plurality of said hook receiving slots.
9. The wall covering of claim 8 in which said depending hooks of each panel are located in laterally offset relation to each other, and said hook receiving slots of each panel are located in laterally offset relation to each other similar to said hooks.
10. The wall covering of claim 8 in which said hooks each have a support section in depending relation to an underside of said first marginal edge region and a pair of wings extending outwardly from opposite sides of said support section, said wings being angled relative to a plane of said body portion for drawing the overlying side marginal edge regions into tight engaging relation to each other as an incident to relative lateral movement during installation of said panels on said support surface.
11. The wall covering of claim 8 in which said hook receiving slots each have an outwardly opening V-shaped configuration for guiding said hooks into predetermined centered relation to the slots as an incident to relative lateral movement of the panels during installation of the panels on said support surface.
12. The wall covering of claim 11 in which said hooks each have a support section in depending relation to an underside of said first marginal edge region and a pair of wings extending outwardly from opposite sides of said support section, and said hook support sections each have sidewalls that taper inwardly toward each other in a direction of the hook receiving slot of a previously mounted panel.
13. The wall covering of claim 1 in which said first side marginal edge region of each panel has a plurality of frangible locating pins depending from an underside thereof for engaging and locating the first side marginal edge region in predetermined relation to the underlying side marginal edge region of a previously mounted panel.
14. A wall covering for mounting on a support surface comprising:
a plurality of panels each having a body portion formed with a plurality of horizontal rows of simulated hand laid masonry elements with simulated mortar lines separating the masonry elements throughout the panel, said simulated mortar lines having an undulating non-planar outer surface;
said panels each having upper and lower marginal edge regions and opposite first and second side marginal edge regions, said panels being mountable on said support surface in a plurality of horizontal courses with said panels in a first horizontal course having a lower marginal edge region overlying an upper marginal edge region of a previously mounted panel in a second course positioned below the first horizontal course and with said panels in each course having a first side marginal edge region overlying a second side marginal edge region of an adjacent previously mounted panel in the course, said upper and lower marginal having interengageable interlocks for positively securing together overlying upper and lower marginal in mounted position; said overlapping side marginal edge regions having interengageable interlocks for possibly securing the overlying side marginal edge regions together; and
said underlying side marginal edge region of each panel being formed with a side flange extending outwardly of the last simulated masonry element of each row, and said side flange being formed with a non-planar undulating surface adjacent the simulated masonry element at the end of each row similar to that of the masonry lines throughout the panel.
15. The wall covering of claim 14 in which said overlying side marginal edge region of each panel is formed with a non-planar undulating surface complementary to the undulating surface of said side flange which is positionable onto the undulating surface of said side flange as an incident to engagement of the overlying side marginal edge regions.
16. The wall covering of claim 13 in which said first side marginal edge region of each panel is formed with a depending hook and said second side marginal edge region of each panel being formed with an outwardly opening hook receiving slot, and said hook and hook receiving slot of adjacent panels being interengageable as an incident to relative lateral movement of the panels during installation such that side marginal edge regions overly each other with the rows of simulated building elements of one panel in aligned and predetermined spaced relation to the rows of simulated building elements of the adjacently mounted panel.
17. A wall covering for mounting on a support surface comprising:
a plurality of plastic molded panels each having a body portion formed with a plurality of simulated masonry elements; said panels each having upper and lower marginal edge regions and opposite first and second side marginal edge regions;
said panels being mountable on said support surface in a plurality of horizontal courses with said panels in a first horizontal course having a lower marginal edge region overlying an upper marginal edge region of a previously mounted panel in a second course positioned below the first horizontal course and with said panels in each course having a first side marginal edge region overlying a second side marginal edge region of an adjacent previously mounted panel in the course; and
said masonry elements having an outer coating with small-sized particulate matter for providing the masonry element with a roughened textured outer surface.
18. The wall covering of claim 17 in which said coating is a paint with mixed small sized particles.
19. The wall covering of claim 18 in which said particles have a size of between 0.020 and 0.200 inches.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
1. A method for wireless communication, comprising:
identifying, by a wireless communications device configured for autonomous uplink communication, a first wireless network cell; and
transmitting a network access comprising information associated with a first event to the first wireless network cell prior to performing an explicit registration of the wireless communications device with the first wireless network cell.
2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:
identifying a second wireless network cell;
determining respective channel quality information for the first wireless network cell and the second wireless network cell;
selecting the second wireless network cell based on determining that a channel quality of the second wireless network cell is higher than a channel quality of the first wireless network cell; and
transmitting a network access comprising information associated with a second event to the second wireless network cell prior to performing an explicit registration of the wireless communications device with the second wireless network cell.
3. The method of claim 2, wherein the channel quality of the second wireless network cell, accounting for a registration penalty related to power consumption that would be incurred by registering the wireless communications device with the second wireless network cell, is lower than the channel quality of the first wireless network cell.
4. The method of claim 2, wherein the first wireless network cell comprises a first base station and the second wireless network cell comprises a second base station.
5. The method of claim 2, wherein the first wireless network cell comprises a first sector of a first wireless communications network and the second wireless network cell comprises a second sector of a second wireless communications network.
6. The method of claim 5, wherein the first wireless communications network uses a first radio access technology and the second wireless communications network uses a second radio access technology.
7. The method of claim 1, wherein transmitting the network access further comprises:
transmitting an origination message to the first wireless network cell;
receiving a traffic channel assignment from the first wireless network cell; and
transmitting the event information to the first wireless network cell via the traffic channel.
8. The method of claim 7, wherein the origination message comprises a device identifier for the wireless communications device.
9. The method of claim 7, wherein the origination message is transmitted via a reverse link access channel of the first wireless network cell.
10. The method of claim 1, further comprising:
receiving system information from the first wireless network cell comprising an explicit registration trigger associated with the first wireless network cell;
detecting a device event corresponding to the explicit registration trigger; and
suppressing, responsive to detecting the device event, explicit registration to the first wireless network cell.
11. The method of claim 10, wherein the explicit registration trigger comprises one or more of a frequency class change trigger, a time-period trigger, a movement-based trigger, a zone-based trigger, or a parameter change based trigger.
12. A wireless communications device configured for autonomous uplink communication, the wireless communications device comprising:
means for identifying a first wireless network cell; and
means for transmitting a network access comprising information associated with a first event to the first wireless network cell prior to performing an explicit registration of the wireless communications device with the first wireless network cell.
13. The wireless communications device of claim 12, further comprising:
means for identifying a second wireless network cell;
means for determining respective channel quality information for the first wireless network cell and the second wireless network cell;
means for selecting the second wireless network cell based on determining that a channel quality of the second wireless network cell is higher than a channel quality of the first wireless network cell; and
means for transmitting a network access comprising information associated with a second event to the second wireless network cell prior to performing an explicit registration of the wireless communications device with the second wireless network cell.
14. The wireless communications device of claim 13, wherein the channel quality of the second wireless network cell, accounting for a registration penalty related to power consumption that would be incurred by registering the wireless communications device with the second wireless network cell, is lower than the channel quality of the first wireless network cell.
15. The wireless communications device of claim 13, wherein the first wireless network cell comprises a first base station and the second wireless network cell comprises a second base station.
16. The wireless communications device of claim 13, wherein the first wireless network cell comprises a first sector of a first wireless communications network and the second wireless network cell comprises a second sector of a second wireless communications network.
17. The wireless device of claim 16, wherein the first wireless communications network uses a first radio access technology and the second wireless communications network uses a second radio access technology.
18. The wireless communications device of claim 12, wherein the means for transmitting the network access further comprises:
means for transmitting an origination message to the first wireless network cell;
means for receiving a traffic channel assignment from the first wireless network cell; and
means for transmitting the event information to the first wireless network cell via the traffic channel.
19. The wireless communications device of claim 18, wherein the origination message comprises a device identifier for the wireless communications device.
20. The wireless communications device of claim 18, wherein the origination message is transmitted via a reverse link access channel of the first wireless network cell.
21. The wireless communications device of claim 12, further comprising:
means for receiving system information from the first wireless cell comprising an explicit registration trigger associated with the first wireless network cell;
means for detecting a device event corresponding to the explicit registration trigger; and
means for suppressing, responsive to detecting the device event, explicit registration to the first wireless network cell.
22. The wireless communications device of claim 21, wherein the explicit registration trigger comprises one or more of a frequency class change trigger, a time-period trigger, a movement-based trigger, a zone-based trigger, or a parameter change based trigger.
23. A computer program product for reducing power consumption in a wireless communications device configured for autonomous uplink communication, comprising:
a non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising:
code for identifying, by the wireless communications device, a first wireless network cell; and
code for transmitting a network access comprising information associated with a first event to the first wireless network cell prior to performing an explicit registration of the wireless communications device with the first wireless network cell.
24. The computer program product of claim 23, wherein the non-transitory computer-readable medium further comprises:
code for identifying a second wireless network cell;
code for determining respective channel quality information for the first wireless network cell and the second wireless network cell;
code for selecting the second wireless network cell based on determining that a channel quality of the second wireless network cell is higher than a channel quality of the first wireless network cell; and
code for transmitting a network access comprising information associated with a second event to the second wireless network cell prior to performing an explicit registration of the wireless communications device with the second wireless network cell.
25. The computer program product of claim 24, wherein the channel quality of the second wireless network cell, accounting for a registration penalty related to power consumption that would be incurred by registering the wireless communications device with the second wireless network cell, is lower than the channel quality of the first wireless network cell.
26. The computer program product of claim 24, wherein the first wireless network cell comprises a first base station and the second wireless network cell comprises a second base station.
27. The computer program product of claim 24, wherein the first wireless network cell comprises a first sector of a first wireless communications network and the second wireless network cell comprises a second sector of a second wireless communications network.
28. The computer program product of claim 27, wherein the first wireless communications network uses a first radio access technology and the second wireless communications network uses a second radio access technology.
29. The computer program product of claim 23, wherein the code for transmitting the network access further comprises:
code for transmitting an origination message to the first wireless network cell;
code for receiving a traffic channel assignment from the first wireless network cell; and
code for transmitting the event information to the first wireless network cell via the traffic channel.
30. The computer program product of claim 29, wherein the origination message comprises a device identifier for the wireless communications device.
31. The computer program product of claim 29, wherein the origination message is transmitted via a reverse link access channel of the first wireless network cell.
32. The computer program product of claim 23, wherein the non-transitory computer-readable medium further comprises:
code for receiving system information from the first wireless network cell comprising an explicit registration trigger associated with the first wireless network cell;
code for detecting a device event corresponding to the explicit registration trigger; and
code for suppressing, responsive to detecting the device event, explicit registration to the first wireless network cell.
33. The computer program product of claim 32, wherein the explicit registration trigger comprises one or more of a frequency class change trigger, a time-period trigger, a movement-based trigger, a zone-based trigger, or a parameter change based trigger.
34. A wireless communications device configured for autonomous uplink communication, the wireless communications device comprising:
at least one processor configured to
identify a first wireless network cell; and
transmit a network access comprising information associated with a first event to the first wireless network cell prior to performing an explicit registration of the wireless communications device with the first wireless network cell.
35. The wireless communications device of claim 34, wherein the processor is further configured to:
identify a second wireless network cell;
determine respective channel quality information for the first wireless network cell and the second wireless network cell;
select the second wireless network cell based on determining that a channel quality of the second wireless network cell is higher than a channel quality of the first wireless network cell; and
transmit, responsive to selecting the second wireless network cell, a network access comprising information associated with a second event to the second wireless network cell prior to performing an explicit registration of the wireless communications device with the second wireless network cell.
36. The wireless communications device of claim 35, wherein the channel quality of the second wireless network cell, accounting for a registration penalty related to power consumption that would be incurred by registering the wireless communications device with the second wireless network cell, is lower than the channel quality of the first wireless network cell.
37. The wireless communications device of claim 35, wherein the first wireless network cell comprises a first base station and the second wireless network cell comprises a second base station.
38. The wireless communications device of claim 35, wherein the first wireless network cell comprises a first sector of a first wireless communications network and the second wireless network cell comprises a second sector of a second wireless communications network.
39. The wireless communications device of claim 35, wherein the first wireless communications network uses a first radio access technology and the second wireless communications network uses a second radio access technology.
40. The wireless communications device of claim 34, wherein the processor is further configured to:
transmit an origination message to the first wireless network cell;
receive a traffic channel assignment from the first wireless network cell; and
transmit the event information to the first wireless network cell via the traffic channel.
41. The wireless communications device of claim 40, wherein the origination message comprises a device identifier for the wireless communications device.
42. The wireless communications device of claim 40, wherein the origination message is transmitted via a reverse link access channel of the first wireless network cell.
43. The wireless communications device of claim 34, wherein the processor is further configured to:
receive system information from the first wireless network cell comprising an explicit registration trigger associated with the first wireless network cell;
detect a device event corresponding to the explicit registration trigger; and
suppress, responsive to detecting the device event, explicit registration to the first wireless network cell.
44. The wireless communications device of claim 43, wherein the explicit registration trigger comprises one or more of a frequency class change trigger, a time-period trigger, a movement-based trigger, a zone-based trigger, or a parameter change based trigger.