Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Sending an identifier of a wireless local area network to enable handoff of a mobile station to the wireless local area network
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Application No.: US15043777Application Date: 2016-02-15
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Publication No.: US09674739B2Publication Date: 2017-06-06
- Inventor: Anit Lohtia , Yuqiang Tang , Miroslav Budic
- Applicant: Apple Inc.
- Applicant Address: US CA Cupertino
- Assignee: Apple Inc.
- Current Assignee: Apple Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Cupertino
- Agency: Meyertons, Hood, Kivlin, Kowert & Goetzel, P.C.
- Main IPC: H04H20/71
- IPC: H04H20/71 ; H04W36/00 ; H04W36/14 ; H04W48/12 ; H04W4/06 ; H04W8/26 ; H04W24/00 ; H04W84/12
Abstract:
In a wireless communications network, the presence of a wireless local area network in a cell segment is determined. An identifier of the wireless local area network in the cell segment is sent to at least one mobile station in the cell segment to enable the at least one mobile station to hand off to the wireless local area network. Optionally, information identifying geographic boundaries of cell segments and the wireless local area network can be sent to the at least one mobile station.
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