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US 7,254,395 B2Granted
Request to mobile station to change to common mode of communication upon entry into zone
AssigneeLucent Technologies Inc.
InventorsDavid S. Benco, Kevin J. Overend, Baoling S. Sheen, Sandra L. True, Kenneth J. Voight
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Abstract
A mobile switching component of an apparatus in one example requests a mobile station to change to a common mode of communication upon entry of the mobile station into a zone, wherein every mobile station supported by the mobile switching component in the zone employs the common mode of communication.
Claims20
An apparatus, comprising:
- a mobile switching component that identifies a mode of communication of a mobile station upon entry of the mobile station into a zone, wherein the mode of communication comprises a wireless protocol and a radio frequency, wherein the mobile switching component performs a comparison of the mode of communication of the mobile station and a common mode of communication of the zone, wherein the common mode of communication comprises a wireless protocol and a radio frequency, wherein every mobile station supported by the mobile switching component in the zone employs the common mode of communication;
- wherein the mobile switching component initiates a request to the mobile station to change to the wireless protocol and the radio frequency of the common mode of communication based on the comparison.
A method, comprising the steps of:
- determining an entry of a mobile station into a zone;
- identifying a mode of communication of the mobile station wherein the mode of communication of the mobile station comprises a wireless protocol and a radio frequency;
- performing a comparison of the mode of communication of the mobile station and a common mode of communication of the zone wherein the common mode of communication comprises a wireless protocol and a radio frequency;
- initiating a request to the mobile station to change to the wireless protocol and the radio frequency of the common mode of communication from the mode of communication of the mobile station based on the comparsion, and
- supporting wireless service for every mobile station in the zone that employs the common mode of communication.
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