Method and apparatus for location based wireless roaming between communication networks
AssigneeIntel Corporation
InventorSundeep M. Bajikar
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Abstract
According to one embodiment of the invention an apparatus is provided. The apparatus comprises a positioning mechanism to determine a position of said apparatus; a baseband module comprising a plurality of network interfaces each supporting a network communications protocol; a determining mechanism to determine which communications network are operative at said position; a selection mechanism to select one of said operative communications network; and a connection mechanism to seamlessly connect said apparatus to said selected communications network using one of said network interfaces.
Claims28
Apparatus comprising:
- a positioning mechanism to determine a position of said apparatus;
- a baseband module including a plurality of network interfaces each supporting a network communications protocol;
- a determining mechanism to determine which communications networks are operative at said position;
- a selection mechanism to select one of said operative communications networks;
- and
- a connection mechanism to seamlessly connect said apparatus to said selected communications network using one of said network interfaces.
A method comprising:
- determining a position of a user device;
- determining which communications networks are operative at said position using a digital map indicating a coverage area for each communications network;
- selecting one of said operative networks;
- and
- connecting said user device seamlessly to said selected network.
A computer-readable storage medium having stored therein a sequence of instructions which when executed by a processor cause said processor to perform operations comprising:
- determining a position of a user device;
- determining which communications networks are operative at said position;
- selecting one of said operative communications networks;
- and
- connecting said device seamlessly to the selected network.
Apparatus comprising:
- positioning means for determining a position of said apparatus;
- communication means including a plurality of network interfaces each supporting a network communications protocol;
- determining means for determining which communications networks are operative at said position;
- selection means for selecting one of said operative communications networks;
- and
- connection means for seamlessly connecting said apparatus to said selected communications network using one of said network interfaces.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.