Techniques for determining a handoff profile between telecommunications networks

An apparatus, comprising:

• a processor component;
• and
• communication link handoff (CLH) logic to be executed by the processor component to:
• obtain instantaneous 802.11 WiFi call quality values for a telephone call over an 802.11 WiFi communication link over a time period N, wherein N defines a relevant timespan within which to store the instantaneous WiFi call quality values for calculations;
• calculate instantaneous annoyance values based on a plurality of the instantaneous WiFi call quality values for N;
• define a first call quality threshold value (C0) wherein WiFi call quality values less than or equal to C0 indicate good call quality such that the instantaneous annoyance values set to zero (0);
• calculate an instantaneous accumulated annoyance value by summing the instantaneous annoyance values;
• determine whether the instantaneous accumulated annoyance value exceeds an instantaneous handoff threshold value;
• and
• initiate a handoff of the telephone call from the 802.11 WiFi communication link to a circuit-switched cellular communication link when the instantaneous accumulated annoyance value is greater than the instantaneous handoff threshold value.

A computer implemented method operative on a processor component, the method comprising:

• obtaining instantaneous 802.11 WiFi call quality values for a telephone call over an 802.11 WiFi communication link over a time period N, wherein N defines a relevant timespan within which to store the instantaneous WiFi call quality values for calculations;
• calculating instantaneous annoyance values based on a plurality of the instantaneous WiFi call quality values for N;
• defining a first call quality threshold value (C0) wherein WiFi call quality values less than or equal to C0 indicate good call quality such that the instantaneous annoyance values set to zero (0);
• calculating an instantaneous accumulated annoyance value by summing the instantaneous annoyance values;
• determining whether the instantaneous accumulated annoyance value exceeds an instantaneous handoff threshold value;
• and
• initiating a handoff of the telephone call from the 802.11 WiFi communication link to a circuit-switched cellular communication link when the instantaneous accumulated annoyance value is greater than the instantaneous handoff threshold value.