Efficient network hand-off utilizing stored beam-forming information

A method comprising:

• at a communication device,
• determining current location information for one of the communication device and a remote communication device, the current location information defining a current location of the one of the communication device and the remote communication device;
• using the current location information to access stored data defining beamforming information associated with the current location of the communication device or the remote communication device;
• using the stored data defining beamforming information, forming one or more directed transmission beams in particular directions corresponding to one or more respective remote radios for radio communication at the current location with the one or more respective remote radios;
• communicating over the one or more directed transmission beams with the one or more respective remote radios;
• and
• retrieving the stored data defining beamforming information for a communication handoff between a first remote radio and a second remote radio of the one or more radios, including first data defining beamforming information for forming a first directed transmission beam in a particular direction corresponding to the first remote radio at the current location of the communication device and second data defining beamforming information for forming a second directed transmission beam in a particular direction corresponding to the second remote radio at the current location of the communication device.

A method comprising:

• at a mobile communication device,
• receiving location information defining current location of the mobile communication device;
• using the received location information to retrieve beamforming information suitable for forming one or more directed transmission beams in particular directions corresponding to one or more respective remote radios for radio communication at the current location with the one or more respective remote radios;
• using the retrieved beamforming information, forming the one or more directed transmission beams;
• initiating communication with the one or more respective radios using the one or more directed transmission beam;
• and
• retrieving beamforming information for a communication handoff between a first remote radio and a second remote radio of the one or more radios, including first beamforming information for forming a first directed transmission beam in a particular direction corresponding to the first remote radio at the current location of the mobile communication device and second beamforming information for forming a second directed transmission beam in a particular direction corresponding to the second remote radio at the current location of the mobile communication device.