Techniques for handling data stall in WLAN
US9992723B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Feb 18, 2016 |
| Grant date | Jun 5, 2018 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 11, 2036 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04W36/302
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Aspects of the present disclosure describe various techniques for handling data stall in wireless local area networks (WLANs). These techniques include, for example, a method in which wireless communications are switched at a wireless station from a first network device associated with a first radio access technology (RAT) (e.g., WLAN technology) to a second network device associated with a second RAT (e.g., wireless wide area network (WWAN) technology). The wireless station may then monitor network devices associated with the first RAT, including the first network device. The wireless station may filter results from the monitoring based at least in part on one or more threshold value and identify, based on the filtered results, one of the network devices as suitable for the wireless communications. The wireless communications may then be switched at the wireless station from the second network device to the one network device identified as suitable for the wireless communications.
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