Techniques for handout of an active session from a first network to a second network

An apparatus comprising:

• a first receiving unit;
• a second receiving unit;
• a memory;
• and
• a processor configured to:
• establish a first session via a first connection to a first network, said first network being a wireless fidelity (Wi-Fi) network and wherein the connection to the first network is provided by the first receiving unit;
• receive address information upon establishing the first session;
• determine a set of characteristics of the first connection to the first network to monitor during the first session, said set of characteristics including a plurality of characteristics, said plurality of characteristics including at least two of the following:
• a bit error rate (BER) associated with the first network, a link quality indicator (LQI) associated with the first network, a data rate provided by the first network,
• determine a set of thresholds corresponding to the set of characteristics;
• monitor said set of characteristics of the first connection to the first network;
• determine whether the set of characteristics satisfies the set of thresholds;
• and
• in response to a determination that the set of characteristics do not satisfy the set of thresholds:
• activate the second receiving unit;
• establish a second connection to a second network, wherein the second connection to the second network is provided by the second receiving unit;
• and
• initiate a handover operation to transfer the first session from the first network to the second network by initiating a second session via the second connection to the second network, wherein the second session is established based on the address information received upon establishing the first session.

A non-transistory computer-readable storage medium storing instructions that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising:

• establishing a first session via a first connection to a first network, said first network being a wireless fidelity (Wi-Fi) network and wherein the connection to the first network is provided by a first receiver of a mobile device;
• receiving address information upon establishing the first session;
• determining a set of characteristics of the first connection to the first network to monitor during the first session, said set of characteristics including a plurality of characteristics, said plurality of characteristics including at least two of the following:
• a bit error rate (BER) associated with the first network, a link quality indicator (LQI) associated with the first network, and a data rate provided by the first network;
• determining a set of thresholds corresponding to the set of characteristics;
• monitoring said set of characteristics of the first connection to the first network;
• determining whether the set of characteristics satisfies the set of thresholds;
• and
• in response to a determination that the set of characteristics do not satisfy the set of thresholds:
• activating a second receiving unit of the mobile device;
• establishing a second connection to a second network, wherein the second connection to the second network is provided by the second receiving unit of the mobile device;
• and
• initiating handover operations to transfer the first session from the first network to the second network, said initiating handover operations including initiating a second session via the second connection to the second network, the second session being established based on the address information received upon establishing the first session.