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Methods for automatically switching between a mobile network and a local area network

AssigneeShenzhen Antop Technology Limited

InventorRuidian Yang

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Abstract

A method for automatically switching between a mobile network and a local area network based on practical situations of both networks, whereby the switch does affect the online experience. For a switch from a mobile network to a local area network, wherein the network device is access to the mobile network, the switch is activated when data buffering meets requirements and a stable local area network signal is available, and then the network device is switched into the local area network. For a switch from a local area network to a mobile network, wherein the network device is access to the local area network, the switch is activated when data buffering meets requirements and the local area network is unstable, and then the network device is switched into the mobile network. The method ensures the watching experience of the user on the premise that the expenses are appropriately reduced.

Claims11

Dependent claims

A method for automatically switching of a network device from a mobile network to a local area network and from a local area network to a mobile network, the method comprising:

determining whether a volume of a data buffer of the network device is sufficient to perform an operation for a period of time, wherein the volume of the data buffer of the network device is sufficient to perform the operation for the period of time when the volume of the data buffer is full, wherein the data buffer is full when the volume of the data buffer is between 2M and 6M;
switching from the mobile network to the local area network, when the network device is connected to the mobile network, when a stable local area network signal is available, and when the volume of the data buffer is full;
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switching from the local area network to the mobile network, when the network device is connected to the local area network, when the volume of the data buffer is full, and when the local area network is unstable.

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Facts

Application: 15/218,820Filed 25 Jul 2016
Priority: CN 2015 1 067717416 Oct 2015
Published: US 2017/0111839 A120 Apr 2017
Granted: 22 Oct 2019
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification6 codes

H04W 36/22
Performing reselection for specific purposes: for handling the traffic
H04W 28/0278
Traffic management, e.g. flow control or congestion control: using buffer status reports
H04W 36/1446
Over a different radio air interface technology: wherein at least one of the networks is unlicensed
H04W 84/042
Large scale networks; Deep hierarchical networks: public Land Mobile systems, e.g. cellular systems

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