Performing WiFi and Cellular Handover Using Device-Specific Thresholds

A mobile station (MS), comprising:

• one or more radios, coupled to one or more antennas configured for wireless communication;
• and
• a processing element operably coupled to the one or more radios;
• wherein the processing element is configured to operate with the one or more radios to:
• receive one or more threshold values for reporting measurements of an access point (AP) to a base station (BS);
• determine one or more network quality values associated with the AP;
• convert the one or more network quality values to one or more calibrated network quality values;
• compare the one or more calibrated network quality values to the one or more threshold values;
• perform handover based on the comparing.

A base station (BS), comprising:

• one or more radios, coupled to one or more antennas configured for wireless communication;
• and
• a processing element operably coupled to the one or more radios;
• wherein the processing element is configured to operate with the one or more radios to:
• receive one or more network quality values corresponding to an access point (AP) from a mobile station (MS);
• convert the one or more network quality values to one or more calibrated network quality values based on a type of the MS;
• compare the one or more calibrated network quality values to one or more threshold values;
• in response to the one or more calibrated network quality values exceeding the one or more threshold values, provide a handover command to the MS to perform handover between the BS and the AP.