Apparatus and method for integrating an unlicensed wireless communications system and a licensed wireless communications system
AssigneeKineto Wireless, Inc.
InventorJahangir Mohammed
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Abstract
A server for integrating an unlicensed wireless communication system and a licensed wireless communication system includes a network interface card, a licensed wireless network interface card, and a processor connected to the network interface card and the licensed wireless network interface card. A memory is connected to the processor. The memory stores instructions to identify when a subscriber device is entering a service region of a selected unlicensed wireless communication base station. Additional instructions coordinate the routing of a current communication session on a licensed wireless communication system to the selected unlicensed wireless communication base station.
Claims29
A server for integrating an unlicensed wireless communication system and a licensed wireless communication system, comprising:
- a network interface card;
- a licensed wireless network interface card;
- a processor connected to said network interface card and said licensed wireless network interface card;
- and
- a memory connected to said processor, said memory storing
- instructions to identify when a subscriber device is entering or leaving a service region of a selected unlicensed wireless communication base station, and
- instructions to transfer the routing of a current communication session between a licensed wireless communication system and said selected unlicensed wireless communication base station.
A network node, comprising:
- a network interface card configured to receive subscriber device location information from a network connected to an unlicensed wireless service region;
- a licensed wireless network interface card configured to communicate with a licensed wireless network;
- and
- a processor connected to said network interface card and said licensed wireless network interface card, said processor utilizing said subscriber device location information to generate control signals for said licensed wireless network interface card, said control signals initiating the transition of a wireless communication session from a first wireless system to a second wireless system, wherein said first wireless system is selected from the group including a licensed wireless system and an unlicensed wireless system, and said second wireless system is the unselected system from said group including a licensed wireless system and an unlicensed wireless system.
A method of integrating an unlicensed wireless communication system and a licensed wireless communication system, comprising:
- identifying when a subscriber device is entering or leaving a service region of a selected unlicensed wireless communication base station;
- and
- transferring the routing of a current communication session between a licensed wireless communication system and said selected unlicensed wireless communication base station.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.