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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 27, 2020
Filed:
Sep. 25, 2018
Sagemcom Broadband Sas, Rueil Malmaison, FR;
Alexis Graul, Rueil Malmaison, FR;
Massinissa Lalam, Rueil Malmaison, FR;
SAGEMCOM BROADBAND SAS, Rueil-Malmaison, FR;
Abstract
To assist roaming of a mobile terminal from a first wireless LAN to a second wireless LAN respectively managed by first and second access points, the first access point (AP) makes measurements of communication quality with the mobile terminal and/or of operational load. By comparing the measurements with thresholds, the first AP can trigger a selection procedure assisted by a server or trigger an autonomous selection procedure, at the end of which the first AP transmits to the mobile terminal a weighted list of access points that are candidates for the roaming. In the assisted selection procedure, the first AP, in constructing the weighted list, takes into account instantaneous measurements of operational load on the candidate access points supplied by the server, and, in the autonomous selection procedure, the first AP, in constructing the weighted list, takes into account long-term statistics of operational load on the candidate access points.