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US 12,317,140 B2Granted
Predictive client mobility session management
AssigneeComcast Cable Communications, LLC
InventorsTeddy El-Rashidy, Colleen Szymanik
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Abstract
Systems and methods are disclosed that enable predictive device mobility session management in a wireless network. A wireless communications network is able to maintain IP session continuity as a wireless device roams among wireless access points of the communications network by ensuring that the wireless device maintains communications with its home wireless access gateway.
Claims37
A method, comprising:
- determining a distance between a first wireless access point of a network and a second wireless access point of the network;
- based on the distance satisfying a threshold, sending, to the second wireless access point, a message comprising an identifier of a wireless device and an identifier of a wireless access gateway associated with the first wireless access point;
- and
- causing, when the wireless device roams to the second wireless access point, the second wireless access point to maintain a communication session that the wireless device has established via the wireless access gateway.
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A system comprising:
- a wireless device;
- a first wireless access point of a network;
- a wireless access gateway associated with the first wireless access point;
- a second wireless access point of the network;
- and
- at least one computing device configured to:
- determine a distance between the first wireless access point of the network and the second wireless access point of the network;
- based on the distance satisfying a threshold, sending, to the second wireless access point, a message comprising an identifier of the wireless device and an identifier of the wireless access gateway associated with the first wireless access point;
- and
- cause, when the wireless device roams to the second wireless access point, the second wireless access point to maintain a communication session that the wireless device has established via the wireless access gateway.
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A method, comprising:
- receiving, at a second wireless access point associated with a second wireless access gateway of a network and from a wireless device, a request to access the network;
- determining that an identifier of the wireless device and an identifier of a first wireless access gateway of the network have been received by the second wireless access point;
- and
- enabling, by the second wireless access point, a communication session between the wireless device and the first wireless access gateway.
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A system comprising:
- a wireless device;
- a first wireless access gateway of a network;
- a second wireless access gateway of the network;
- a first wireless access point;
- and
- a second wireless access point associated with the second wireless access gateway of the network, wherein the second wireless access point is configured to:
- receive, from the wireless device, a request to access the network;
- determine that an identifier of the wireless device and an identifier of the first wireless access gateway of the network have been received by the second wireless access point;
- and
- enable a communication session between the wireless device and the first wireless access gateway.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.