Technique seamless handoff of a mobile terminal user from a wireless telephony network to a wireless LAN
US6725044B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Aug 15, 2002 |
| Grant date | Apr 20, 2004 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 30, 2022 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04W36/36
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A mobile terminal user (16) can trigger a handoff from a first radio access node (18) to a second radio access node (30) in a communications network by making such a request to one of the two nodes. The request made by the mobile terminal user (16) will trigger in the network (10) a command to relocate (handoff) the mobile terminal user. In response to the command, the mobile terminal user is assigned to the second radio access node (30) and is released from the first radio access node (18).
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