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AssigneeSignify Holding B.V.
InventorsAntonio SALAS MORENO, Tomas GARCIA HAYA, Octavio MARTINEZ GOMEZ
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A optical wireless communication system, method and apparatus for use in the optical wireless communication system, that enable communication of data, e.g. LiFi, and wherein fast handover can be achieved by having neighboring access points (AP1, AP2) announce themselves using very short frames, that get picked up by user devices (EP1) that detect the identity of a neighbor access point (AP2) and then communicate this to the current access point (AP1) to share information on the user device (EP1) with its neighbor access point (AP2), so that the neighbor access point (AP2)can be pre-configured to allocate resources and/or synchronize.
A system for fast handover in an optical multi-cell communication system, comprising:
An apparatus for fast handover, for use in an end point, in an optical multi-cell communication system, the apparatus being arranged for searching for neighboring ones of a plurality of access points to anticipate an upcoming handover by detecting an advertised shortened frame without a payload portion in a pre-defined part of a common channel allocated to the access points in a frame cycle of a link layer or physical layer protocol, and for transmitting a pre-registration request for preliminary registration to a detected neighboring access point prior to deciding on a handover.
A method of allowing fast handover in an optical multi-cell communication system, the method comprising:
A method of allowing fast handover for an end point in an optical multi-cell communication system, the method comprising:
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