Wireless network inter-technology handoffs
AssigneeAirvana Network Solutions, Inc.
InventorsPrince Samar, Harjot Saluja, Woojune Kim, Douglas Norman Knisely
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Abstract
In general, a method is described for handing off a communication session associated with a mobile device from a first network running a first technology to a second network running a second technology different from the first technology, the method comprising: establishing a communication channel with the mobile device through the first network; and enabling, through the communication channel, a handoff of the communication session associated with the mobile device from the first network to the second network.
Claims20
A method comprising:
- receiving, by a gateway device from a mobile device, a request to handoff, from a first network for implementing a first technology to a second network for implementing a second technology that differs from the first technology, a communication session associated with the mobile device;
- wherein the gateway device is configured to implement handoff standards for at least the first and second technologies and is further configured to interface with the first network and the second network;
- establishing, by the gateway device, a communication channel with the mobile device through the first network;
- receiving, through the communication channel by the gateway device, session information for the communication session;
- registering, by the gateway device based on the session information, the mobile device with the second network;
- and
- enabling, based on registering the mobile device with the second network and by the gateway device, the handoff of the communication session from the first network to the second network.
A system comprising:
- a gateway device configured to implement handoff standards for at least a first technology and a second technology that differs from the first technology and to interface between a first network and a second network;
- and
- a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium configured to store instructions that are executable by the gateway device to perform operations comprising:
- receiving, from a mobile device, a request to handoff a communication session associated with the mobile device from the first network for implementing the first technology to the second network for implementing the second;
- establishing a communication channel with the mobile device through the first network;
- receiving, through the communication channel, session information for the communication session;
- registering, based on the session information, the mobile device with the second network;
- and
- enabling, based on registering the handoff of the communication session from the first network to the second network.
A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium configured to store instructions that are executable, by a gateway device configured to implement handoff standards for at least a first technology and a second technology that differs from the first technology and further configured to interface between a first network and a second network, to perform operations comprising:
- receiving, from a mobile device, a request to handoff a communication session associated with the mobile device from the first network for implementing the first technology to the second network for implementing the second technology;
- establishing a communication channel with the mobile device through the first network;
- receiving, through the communication channel, session information for the communication session;
- registering, based on the session information, the mobile device with the second network;
- and
- enabling, based on registering the handoff of the communication session from the first network to the second network.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.