Wireless connectivity management and handoff control
AssigneeCharter Communications Operating, LLC
InventorElliott D. Hoole
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Abstract
A communication management system (such as hardware and/or executed software) receives performance information indicating wireless connectivity performance between a communication device and a set of candidate wireless access points. The communication device is initially in communication with a first wireless access point over a wireless link. Based on the performance information, the communication management system selects a candidate wireless access point from the set in which to performance a handoff. The communication management hardware the notifies the communication device to handoff the wireless link from the first wireless access point to the selected candidate wireless access point.
Claims20
A method comprising:
- establishing first wireless connectivity between a first wireless access point and a first wireless station in a wireless network environment;
- based on schedule information, monitoring anticipated movement of an entity through the wireless network environment;
- and
- based on the anticipated movement of the entity to a location between the first wireless access point and the first wireless station as indicated by the schedule information, initiating a handoff of the first wireless station from the first wireless access point to a second wireless access point.
A system comprising:
- communication management hardware operative to:
- establish wireless connectivity between a first wireless access point and a first wireless station in a wireless network environment;
- based on schedule information, monitor anticipated movement of an entity through the wireless network environment;
- and
- based on the anticipated movement of the entity to a location between the first wireless access point and the first wireless station as indicated by the schedule information, initiate a handoff of the first wireless station from the first wireless access point to a second wireless access point.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.