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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 22, 2020
Filed:
Nov. 20, 2018
Microsoft Technology Licensing, Llc, Redmond, WA (US);
Mark Alastair Gillett, London, GB;
Soren Vang Andersen, Esch-sur-Alzette, LU;
Christoffer Asgaard Rödbro, Stockholm, SE;
Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
Methods and systems for selecting access networks are disclosed. In one aspects, a mobile terminal includes one or more transceivers configured to selectively connect to the plurality of wireless access networks, and hardware processing circuitry configured to perform operations including obtaining, via one of the plurality of wireless access networks, motion information for one or more other access networks of the plurality of access networks, the motion information indicating motion of one or more connection points; and controlling activation of the one or more transceivers to scan for availability of one or more of the other access networks in dependence on the motion information of the other access networks, wherein the scanning for availability comprises powering up at least one of the one or more transceivers to determine which access networks are present within a proximity of the mobile terminal.