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US 7,065,367 B2Granted
Interface selection in a wireless communication network
OwnerOliver Michaelis, Marcello Lioyinventors
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This disclosure is directed to techniques for selection of wireless network interfaces for data communication within an access terminal. The techniques may rely on a set of interface selection rules to identify network interfaces that are eligible to serve a particular communication application or the type of traffic forwarded on behalf of another device. In addition, each network interface may be assigned a priority. Upon identifying eligible interfaces, e.g., interfaces that satisfy all of the interface selection rules, the techniques may involve selection of the eligible interface having the highest priority. The assigned priority may be dynamically adjusted based on the connection state of the interfaces, prioritization according to changes in system latency, interface cost, and the like.
A method comprising:
An access terminal that assigns dynamic priorities to wireless network interfaces, selects one of the wireless network interfaces for access based on interface selection rules and the dynamic priorities wherein the dynamic priorities rank the wireless network interfaces in order of preference in an event more than one of the wireless network interfaces satisfy the interface selection rules, and updates the dynamic priorities assigned to the wireless network interfaces based on connection states of the interfaces such that a higher priority is assigned to one of the wireless network interfaces currently in a connected state with respect to the access terminal and a lower priority is assigned to one of the wireless network interfaces not currently in a connected state with respect to the access terminal.
A computer-readable medium comprising instructions that cause a processor to assign dynamic priorities to wireless network interfaces in an access terminal, select one of the wireless network interfaces for access based on interface selection rules and the dynamic priorities wherein the dynamic priorities rank the wireless network interfaces in order of preference in an event more than one of the wireless network interfaces satisfy the interface selection rules, and update the dynamic priorities assigned to the wireless network interfaces based on connection states of the interfaces such that a higher priority is assigned to one of the wireless network interfaces currently in a connected state with respect to the access terminal and a lower priority is assigned to one of the wireless network interfaces not currently in a connected state with respect to the access terminal.
A device comprising:
A method comprising:
An access terminal that assigns dynamic priorities to rule classes in an access control list (ACL), and selects wireless network interfaces associated with the rule classes for access by the access terminal based on rules set forth in the ACL and the dynamic priorities wherein the dynamic priorities rank the wireless network interfaces in order of preference in an event more than one of the wireless network interfaces satisfy the interface selection rules, wherein a higher priority is assigned to one of the rule classes associated one of the wireless network interfaces currently in a connected state with respect to the access terminal and a lower priority is assigned to one of the rule classes associated with one of the wireless network interfaces not currently in a connected state with respect to the access terminal.
A computer-readable medium comprising instructions to cause a processor within an access terminal to assign dynamic priorities to rule classes in an access control list (ACL), and select wireless network interfaces associated wit the rule classes for access by the access terminal based on rules set forth in the ACL and the dynamic priorities, wherein the dynamic priorities rank the wireless network interfaces in order of preference in an event more than one of the wireless network interfaces satisfy the interface selection rules, and wherein a higher priority is assigned to one of the rule classes associated one of the wireless network interfaces currently in a connected state with respect to the access terminal and a lower priority is assigned to one of the rule classes associated with one of the wireless network interfaces not currently in a connected state with respect to the access terminal.
A computer-readable medium comprising a data structure defining an access control list containing multiple rule classes for selection of wireless communication interfaces, and dynamic priorities associated with the rule classes wherein the dynamic priorities rank the wireless network interfaces in order of preference in an event more than one of the wireless communication interfaces satisfy the interface selection rules, and wherein a higher priority is assigned to one of the rule classes associated one of the wireless communication interfaces currently in a connected state and a lower priority is assigned to one of the rule classes associated with one of the wireless communication interfaces not currently in a connected state.
A method comprising:
An access terminal configured to:
A method comprising:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.