Method and device for selecting between telecommunication networks
AssigneeNEC Corporation
InventorJavier Sanchez
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Abstract
A method of selecting between telecommunication networks for at least two terminals capable of exchanging data in a first frequency band of a first telecommunication network with subscription and in a second frequency band of a second telecommunication network without subscription includes the steps of: estimating the relative distance between the two terminals; and switching the operation frequency of each of these two terminals from the first frequency band to the second frequency band if the distance between the two terminals is smaller than a predetermined value.
Claims13
A method of selecting a network between telecommunication networks for at least two terminals capable of exchanging data in a first frequency band of a first telecommunication network with subscription and in a second frequency band of a second telecommunication network without subscription, comprising the steps of:
- estimating a distance between two terminals;
- and
- switching an operation frequency of each of these two terminals from the first frequency band to the second frequency band if the distance between the two terminals is smaller than a predetermined value.
A device for selecting a network between telecommunication networks for at least two terminals, each comprising a radio access module for communicating in a first frequency band of a first telecommunication network with subscription and in a second frequency band of a second telecommunication network without subscription, said device comprising:
- means for estimating a distance between two terminals;
- and
- means for switching an operation frequency of each of the two terminals from the first frequency band to the second frequency band if the distance between the two terminals is smaller than a predetermined value.
A mobile communication terminal, comprising:
- a radio access module for communicating with at least a second terminal in a first frequency band of a first telecommunication network with subscription and in a second frequency band of a second telecommunication network without subscription, and
- a network selection module suitable for estimating a distance between the mobile terminal and the second terminal and for switching an operation frequency of said mobile terminal from the first frequency band to the second frequency band if the distance between the two terminals is smaller than a predetermined value.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.