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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Feb. 07, 2023

Filed:

Feb. 15, 2021
Applicant:

Dell Products, L.p., Round Rock, TX (US);

Inventors:

Kamal Joseph Koshy, Austin, TX (US);

Vivek Viswanathan Iyer, Austin, TX (US);

Minho Cheong, Round Rock, TX (US);

Dileep Kumar Soma, Austin, TX (US);

Assignee:

Dell Products, L.P., Round Rock, TX (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 48/16 (2009.01); H04W 64/00 (2009.01); H04W 4/029 (2018.01); H04W 88/06 (2009.01); H04W 4/02 (2018.01); H04W 8/00 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 48/16 (2013.01); H04W 4/023 (2013.01); H04W 4/029 (2018.02); H04W 8/005 (2013.01); H04W 64/003 (2013.01); H04W 88/06 (2013.01);
Abstract

Systems and methods for predictive scanning and handover are described. In some embodiments, an Information Handling System (IHS) may include a processor and a memory coupled to the processor, the memory having program instructions stored thereon that, upon execution, cause the IHS to: receive context information; predict a loss of a first wireless connection based upon the context information; in response to the prediction, start scanning for a second wireless connection while maintaining the first wireless connection; and switch to the second wireless connection prior to losing the first wireless connection.


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