Network selection mechanism
US8190768B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Oct 31, 2008 |
| Grant date | May 29, 2012 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 14, 2029 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04W48/18
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A terminal device includes multiple interfaces having links to various networks. When a trigger event occurs, the terminal device selects a target link to a network to transition from its current link. A candidate link selection function determines candidate links that are filtered to remove links not meeting connectivity criteria. A target link selection function is then executed to select a target link from the filtered candidate links. Thus, the target link selection function is not run for every possible link, but only those meeting the criteria.
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