US 12,015,955 B2 · Device, system, and method for switching between a narrowband network and a broadband network

Abstract

A device, system, and method for switching between a narrowband network and a broadband network is provided. A radio device determines conditions of a broadband network and receives, from a narrowband network site, access criteria indicating that a subset of a plurality of radio devices can register with the narrowband network site to communicate on a narrowband network. In response to the conditions meeting one or more given conditions and receiving the access criteria, when the radio device is communicating on the broadband network, the radio device may continue communicating on the broadband network; or when the radio device is communicating on the narrowband network, or attempting to register with the narrowband network site, the radio device switches, from communicating on the narrowband network, or attempting to register with the narrowband network site, to communicating on the broadband network.

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Dependent claims

A method comprising:

determining, at a radio device, one or more conditions of a broadband network;
receiving, at the radio device, from a narrowband network site of a narrowband network, access criteria indicating that a subset of a plurality of radio devices can register with the narrowband network site to communicate on the narrowband network;
and
in response to the one or more conditions of the broadband network meeting one or more given conditions and receiving the access criteria:
when the radio device is communicating on the broadband network, continuing, at the radio device, communicating on the broadband network;
and
when the radio device is communicating on the narrowband network, or attempting to register with the narrowband network site, switching, at the radio device, from communicating on the narrowband network, or attempting to register with the narrowband network site, to communicating on the broadband network.

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A radio device comprising:

a communication unit configured to communicate over a narrowband network and a broadband network;
and
a controller configured to:
determine one or more conditions of the broadband network;
receive, via the communication unit, from a narrowband network site of the narrowband network, access criteria indicating that a subset of a plurality of radio devices can register with the narrowband network site to communicate on the narrowband network;
and
in response to the one or more conditions of the broadband network meeting one or more given conditions and receiving the access criteria:
when the radio device is communicating on the broadband network, continue communicating on the broadband network via the communication unit;
and
when the radio device is communicating on the narrowband network, or attempting to register with the narrowband network site, switch from communicating on the narrowband network, or attempting to register with the narrowband network site, to communicating on the broadband network via the communication unit.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Device, system, and method for switching between a narrowband network and a broadband network

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Device, system, and method for switching between a narrowband network and a broadband network

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