Wi-Fi process
AssigneeApple Inc.
InventorSuresh Nagaraj
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Abstract
A method and apparatus for a wireless device that can adapt a rate of related wireless network unit scans for adjacent networks is disclosed. In one embodiment, the wireless device can include a wireless network unit and a co-located geo-location signal receiver, and a processor. The processor can determine the position and speed of the wireless device from data received from the geo-location signal receiver. The processor can configure the wireless network unit to adapt the rate of related wireless network scans based upon determined speed and position. In one embodiment, the wireless network unit scans can be wireless scans for other nearby networks for roaming or location based services.
Claims20
A method, comprising:
- by a wireless device, performing operations for:
- receiving location signals that indicate positions of the wireless device;
- determining a speed of the wireless device based at least in part on the location signals;
- and
- altering a period of time between wireless network scans made by the wireless device based at least in part on the speed of the wireless device, wherein the period of time between wireless network scans is increased in response to the speed being greater than a first speed.
A wireless device, comprising:
- a network unit configured to perform operations for wireless network scans;
- a geo-location signal receiver configured to perform operations for receiving location signals that indicate positions of the wireless device;
- and
- a processor configured to:
- determine a speed of the wireless device based at least in part on the location signals;
- and
- alter a period of time between wireless network scans performed by the network unit based at least in part on a change of speed of the wireless device, wherein the period of time between wireless network scans is increased in response to the speed being greater than a first speed.
A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing instructions which, when executed by a wireless device, cause the wireless device to perform a method comprising:
- receiving location signals that indicate positions of the wireless device;
- determining a speed of the wireless device based at least in part on the location signals;
- and
- altering a period of time between wireless network scans made by the wireless device based at least in part on the speed of the wireless device, wherein the period of time between wireless network scans is increased in response to the speed being greater than a first speed.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.