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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 28, 2025
Filed:
Feb. 14, 2022
GE Precision Healthcare Llc, Wauwatosa, WI (US);
Tuomas Valtteri Laine, Vantaa, FI;
Matthew Richard Pekarske, Grafton, WI (US);
GE PRECISION HEALTHCARE LLC, Wauwatosa, WI (US);
Abstract
Methods and systems are provided for reducing a time spent by a wireless device scanning for candidate access points (AP) during roaming. In one embodiment, a method includes, during a roaming mode of a wireless patient monitoring device connected to a wireless network via a first AP of the network, receiving AP information at the wireless patient monitoring device transmitted from one or more neighboring wireless devices connected to the WLAN using out-of-band radio communication; and connecting the wireless patient monitoring device to a second AP of the WLAN different from the first AP, based on the received AP information. The AP information may include a list of APs to which the one or more neighboring wireless devices are connected, along with corresponding signal strengths. The patient monitoring device may use the list of APs to determine a scanning strategy for selecting an appropriate AP to connect to.