Method and apparatus to shorten the duration of initial network selection and handover decisions in multicomm platforms by utilizing alternate fragmented scanning
AssigneeIntel Corporation
InventorsShlomo M. Avital, Miri Ratner
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Abstract
An embodiment of the present invention provides an apparatus, comprising a network adapter capable of combining more than one wireless communication technology (comm) for wireless communication in a wireless network, wherein the apparatus includes a network detection phase implemented by doing a full scan of one comm followed by one or more additional comm scans; and wherein the network adapter breaks a scan into buckets, and alternates between different scanning buckets of different comms to provide faster scanning, connection time and handover from one wireless technology to another wireless technology.
Claims23
An apparatus, comprising:
- a network adapter capable of combining more than one wireless communication technology (comm) for wireless communication in a wireless network;
- wherein said apparatus includes a network detection phase implemented by doing a full scan of one comm followed by one or more additional comm scans;
- and
- wherein said network adapter breaks a scan into buckets, and alternates between different scanning buckets of different comms to provide faster scanning, connection time and handover from one comm to another comm.
A method to shorten the duration of initial network selection and handover decision in multicomm platforms, comprising:
- utilizing alternate fragmented scanning for platforms that combine more than one wireless communication technology (comm) for wireless communication in a wireless network and includes a network detection phase implemented by doing a full scan of one comm followed by one or more additional comm scans;
- and
- wherein said scanning is broken into buckets, and alternates between different scanning buckets of different comms.
A computer readable medium encoded with computer executable instructions, which when accessed, cause a machine to perform operations comprising:
- shortening the duration of initial network selection and handover decision in multicomm platforms, by utilizing alternate fragmented scanning for platforms that combine more than one wireless communication technology (comm) for wireless communication in a wireless network and includes a network detection phase implemented by doing a full scan of one comm followed by one or more additional comm scans;
- and
- wherein said scanning is broken into buckets, and alternates between different scanning buckets of different comms.
A wireless multicomm device, comprising:
- a network adapter capable of combining more than one wireless communication technology (comm) for wireless communication in a wireless network;
- wherein said wireless multicomm includes a network detection phase implemented by doing a full scan of one comm followed by one or more additional comm scans;
- and
- wherein said network adapter breaks a scan into buckets, and alternates between different scanning buckets of different comms to provide faster scanning, connection time and handover from one comm to another comm.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.