Method for allocating of at least one access point to a mobile terminal in a cellular network, corresponding terminal, mobile server and programs

A mobile terminal to be implemented in a cellular network formed by a plurality of cells each controlled by an access point, wherein the mobile terminal comprises:

• means for locating the mobile terminal inside a current cell and for transmitting information on location to a mobility controller;
• means for receiving a target context comprising at least one identifier of at least one access point of a target cell towards which the mobile terminal is likely to move, the identifier of said at least one access point comprising a MAC address and an SSID identifier, said target context further comprising information required by said mobile terminal to connect to said at least one access point and, for a given access point of said at least one access point, an address of said mobile terminal said target context being received by said mobile terminal only when said mobile terminal is in the vicinity of a target cell, according to a predetermined criterion of location;
• means for preparing a connection procedure to at least one of said at least one access point based on said target context;
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• means for connecting said mobile terminal to one of said at least one access point according to a predetermined cell change criterion.

A mobility controller of a cellular network formed by a plurality of cells each controlled by an access point, wherein the mobility controller comprises:

• means for receiving information on location transmitted by a mobile terminal;
• means for determining, on a basis of said information on location, a target context comprising at least one identifier of at least one access point towards which said mobile terminal is likely to move, the identifier of said at least one access point comprising a MAC address and an SSID identifier, said target context further comprising information required by said mobile terminal to connect to said at least one access point and, for a given access point of said at least one access point, an address of said mobile terminal;
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• means for transmitting said target context to said mobile terminal only when an analysis of the location indicates that said mobile terminal is in the vicinity of a target cell, according to a predetermined criterion of location.

A computer program product stored in a non-transitory computer-readable medium, which comprises program code instructions for implementation in a mobility server of a method to control allocation of at least one access point to a mobile terminal present in a cellular network formed by a plurality of cells each controlled by an access point, wherein the method comprises the following steps:

• receiving information on location transmitted by the mobile terminal;
• determining, based on said information on location, a target context comprising at least one identifier of at least one access point towards which said mobile terminal is likely to move, the identifier of said at least one access point comprising a MAC address and an SSID identifier, said target context further comprising information required by said mobile terminal to connect to said at least one access point and, for a given access point of said at least one access point, an address of said mobile terminal;
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• transmitting said target context to said mobile terminal only when an analysis of the location indicates that said mobile terminal is in the vicinity of a target cell, according to a predetermined criterion of location.