Wi-fi process
AssigneeApple Inc.
InventorSuresh Nagaraj
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Abstract
A method and apparatus for a wireless device that can adapt a rate of related wireless network unit scans for adjacent networks is disclosed. In one embodiment, the wireless device can include a wireless network unit and a co-located geo-location signal receiver, and a processor. The processor can determine the position and speed of the wireless device from data received from the geo-location signal receiver. The processor can configure the wireless network unit to adapt the rate of related wireless network scans based upon determined speed and position. In one embodiment, the wireless network unit scans can be wireless scans for other nearby networks for roaming or location based services.
Claims20
A method, comprising:
- determining, at a wireless device, a position of the wireless device based at least in part on location signals received at the wireless device;
- determining, at the wireless device, a change of the position of the wireless device based at least in part on the location signals;
- and
- adjusting, at the wireless device, one or more network scanning periods based at least in part on the change of the position of the wireless device and a predetermined distance, wherein the predetermined distance is based at least on an operating environment of the wireless device.
A wireless device, comprising:
- a geo-location signal receiver configured to determine a position of a wireless device based at least in part on location signals;
- a processor configured to:
- determine whether the position of the wireless device has changed;
- and
- in response to determining that the position of the wireless device has changed, adjust one or more network scanning periods based at least in part on the change of the position of the wireless device and a predetermined distance, wherein the predetermined distance is based at least on an operating environment of the wireless device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.