1. A process of forming and applying a member for reinforcing a structure of an automotive vehicle, the process comprising:
providing a malleable carrier in the form of a singular elongated strip, the carrier being formed of plastic or metal;
molding activatable material about the malleable carrier such that the activatable material substantially entirely surrounds the carrier for forming the member prior to expansion;
attaching the member to a secondary carrier that is larger than the malleable carrier wherein attaching of the member includes shaping of the member including the malleable carrier and the activatable material to accommodate one or more contours of the secondary carrier;
wherein the malleable carrier includes a plurality of widened portions and a plurality of through-holes, with one of the plurality of through-holes through each of the widened portions.
2. A process as in claim 1 wherein shaping includes bending or curving of the member.
3. A process as in claim 1 further comprising:
extending a plurality of fasteners through the plurality of through-holes wherein the attaching of the member includes attaching the fasteners to the secondary carrier.
4. A process as in claim 3 wherein the activatable material is molded about at least a portion of the plurality of fasteners.
5. A process as in claim 4 wherein:
the activatable material is generally dry and substantially non-tacky.
6. A process as in claim 1 wherein the malleable carrier is formed of metal and has a yield stress less than about 700 MPa and greater than about 100 MPa.
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 radio communication system comprising a base station, a mobility management node, and a gateway, wherein:
said base station transmits information of origination addresses of neighboring base stations of said base station to said mobility management node;
said mobility management node receives information of the origination addresses of said neighboring base stations from said base station, and transmits information of the origination addresses of said neighboring base stations to said gateway; and
said gateway receives information of origination addresses of said neighboring base stations from said mobility management node.
2. The radio communication system as set forth in claim 1, wherein said base station, at times of attach to said base station by a radio communication apparatus, transmits to said mobility management node information of origination addresses of said neighboring base stations.
3. The radio communication system as set forth in claim 1, wherein said base station, at times of call origination of a radio communication apparatus, transmits to said mobility management node information of origination addresses of said neighboring base stations.
4. The radio communication system as set forth in claim 1, wherein said base station, at times of location updating to said base station by a radio communication apparatus, transmits to said mobility management node information of origination addresses of said neighboring base stations.
5. The radio communication system as set forth in claim 1, wherein said base station, at times of startup of said base station, transmits to said mobility management node information of origination addresses of said neighboring base stations.
6. The radio communication system as set forth in claim 1, wherein said gateway:
saves information of origination addresses of said neighboring base stations; and
collates the origination address of packet data that was received from a movement destination base station with which a radio communication apparatus has performed handover with said saved origination addresses.
7. The radio communication system as set forth in claim 6, wherein said base station, when said base station becomes said movement destination base station, transmits to said mobility management node information of the origination addresses of neighboring base stations of said base station.
8. The radio communication system as set forth in claim 6, wherein:
said base station, when said base station becomes said movement destination base station, transmits to said mobility management node information of the origination address of said base station; and
said gateway, when an origination address that matches the origination address of packet data received from said movement destination base station is not stored, collates the origination address of said received packet data with the origination address received from said movement destination base station.
9. The radio communication system as set forth in claim 7, wherein said base station, when said base station becomes said movement destination base station, transmits to said mobility management node information indicating that the origination address and termination address of said base station are identical.
10. The radio communication system as set forth in claim 8, wherein said gateway:
after detection that an origination address that matches the origination address of packet data received from said movement destination base station is not saved, saves in a buffer packet data received from said movement destination base station within a fixed interval; and
when the origination address received from said movement destination base station matches an origination address of said received packet data within said fixed interval, transfers to a host node packet data that were saved in said buffer.
11. The radio communication system as set forth in claim 8, wherein said gateway after detection that an origination address that matches the origination address of packet data received from said movement destination base station is not saved, transfers to a host node the packet data that were received from said movement destination base station within a fixed interval.
12-14. (canceled)
15. A radio communication system comprising a base station, a mobility management node, and a gateway; wherein:
said base station transmits to said mobility management node information of the origination address of a movement destination base station to which a radio communication apparatus has performed handover from said base station;
said mobility management node receives information of the origination address of said movement destination base station from said base station, and transmits to said gateway information of the origination address of said movement destination base station; and
said gateway receives information of the origination address of said movement destination base station from said mobility management node.
16. The radio communication system as set forth in claim 15, wherein said base station:
when said base station becomes said movement destination base station, in response to a handover request from the movement origin base station, transmits to said movement origin base station information of the origination address of said base station; and
when said base station becomes said movement origin base station, transmits to said mobility management node information of the origination address of said movement destination base station that was received from said movement destination base station.
17. The radio communication system as set forth in claim 15, wherein said gateway:
saves information of the origination address of said movement destination base station; and
collates the origination address of packet data received from said movement destination base station with said saved origination addresses.
18. The radio communication system as set forth in claim 15, wherein said base station, before transmitting to said radio communication apparatus a message commanding handover, transmits origination address information of said gateway to said gateway by way of said mobility management node.
19-22. (canceled)
23. A base station comprising a transmission unit that transmits to a gateway by way of a mobility management node information of the origination addresses of neighboring base stations of said base station.
24-32. (canceled)
33. A base station comprising a transmission unit that transmits to a gateway by way of a mobility management node information of the origination address of a movement destination base station to which a radio communication apparatus has performed handover from said base station.
34-35. (canceled)
36. A gateway comprising a reception unit that receives, from a base station by way of a mobility management node, information of the origination addresses of neighboring base stations of said base station.
37-42. (canceled)
43. A gateway comprising a reception unit that receives, from a base station by way of a mobility management node, information of the origination address of a movement destination base station with which a radio communication apparatus has performed handover from said base station.
44-49. (canceled)
50. A radio communication method realized by a base station, comprising a transmission step of transmitting information of the origination addresses of neighboring base stations of said base station to a gateway by way of a mobility management node.
51. (canceled)
52. A radio communication method realized by a base station, comprising a transmission step of transmitting, to a gateway by way of a mobility management node, information of the origination address of a movement destination base station with which a radio communication apparatus has performed handover from said base station.
53. A radio communication method realized by a gateway, comprising a reception step of receiving, from a base station by way of a mobility management node, information of the origination addresses of neighboring base stations of said base station.
54. (canceled)
55. A radio communication method realized by a gateway, comprising a reception step of receiving, from a base station by way of a mobility management node, information of the origination address of a movement destination base station with which a radio communication apparatus has performed handover from said base station.
56-57. (canceled)