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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 28, 2018
Filed:
Sep. 27, 2016
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
John Erik Hershey, Ballston Lake, NY (US);
John Anderson Fergus Ross, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Michael James Hartman, Clifton Park, NY (US);
Richard Louis Zinser, Niskayuna, NY (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
Provided are methods and systems of managing vertical handoffs in a wireless communication network. Embodiments include analyzing wireless device usage to determine usage patterns, which may include locations and times at which the wireless device is typically accessing the network. The network may recognize points in the usage patterns at which signal quality parameters are typically reduced. Such reductions in signal quality parameters may lead to inefficient vertical handoffs. The network may decrease adverse effects of inefficient vertical handoffs by reducing ping ponging, selecting links between wireless devices and network nodes, or indicating to a user of the wireless device that delays and/or data loss may occur.