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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 12, 2024
Filed:
Sep. 23, 2021
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Alessandro Erta, Licciana Nardi, IT;
Luca Bisti, Grosseto, IT;
Domenico Ficara, Essertines-sur-Yverdon, CH;
Kasi Nalamalapu, Cupertino, CA (US);
Salvatore Valenza, Pomy, CH;
Vincent Cuissard, Eteaux, FR;
Sudhir Kumar Jain, Fremont, CA (US);
Loris Gazzarrini, Lausanne, CH;
Arun Khanna, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Stefano Ferrari, Le mont sur Lausanne, CH;
Pascal Thubert, Roquefort les Pins, FR;
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
In one embodiment, a mobile system scans wireless channels for any upcoming access points using a dedicated monitor radio of the mobile system. The mobile system identifies a particular wireless channel in use by an upcoming access point. The mobile system notifies a second radio of the mobile system of the particular wireless channel. The mobile system performs a handoff between a current access point and the upcoming access point in part by switching the second radio of the mobile system to the particular wireless channel of the upcoming access point.