Management of WLAN and WWAN communication services to a multi-mode wireless communication device
US8565204B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jun 2, 2011 |
| Grant date | Oct 22, 2013 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 2, 2031 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04W92/02
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A mesh network communication system includes a plurality of access points connected to a wireless local area network (WLAN) controller where at least one access point is a detection access point (DAP) that receives reverse link (RL) wireless wide area network (WWAN) signals transmitted from a multi-mode wireless communication device. Based on an intercepted RL WWAN signal, the DAP forwards reverse link (RL) information to the WLAN controller, which then generates and sends, to the WWAN communication system, a device to access point association list (device-AP association list) comprising one or more device identifiers associated with one or more target access point identifier. The device identifier uniquely identifies a multi-mode wireless communication device within a maximum proximity of a target access point identified by the target access point identifier. The WWAN system applies the device-AP association list to efficiently manage handoffs to access points in the mesh network.
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