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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 07, 2005
Filed:
Jan. 23, 2003
Chad M. Fors, Algonquin, IL (US);
Venkat Gopikanth, Buffalo Grove, IL (US);
Raymond M. Liss, St. Charles, IL (US);
Robert T. Love, Barrington, IL (US);
Rajesh S. Pazhyannur, Lake Zurich, IL (US);
Chad M. Fors, Algonquin, IL (US);
Venkat Gopikanth, Buffalo Grove, IL (US);
Raymond M. Liss, St. Charles, IL (US);
Robert T. Love, Barrington, IL (US);
Rajesh S. Pazhyannur, Lake Zurich, IL (US);
Motorola, Inc., Schaumburg, IL (US);
Abstract
To address the need for an apparatus and method for handoff from a cellular wireless network to a non-cellular wireless network (WLAN, e.g.), the present application describes an access gateway () and a dual mode mobile station () that enable such handoffs. Dual mode MSs can determine when a handoff to a non-cellular network is preferred and request a handin () from the non-cellular network. The access gateway provides information to the MS () so that it can initiate a handoff through the serving cellular network. Triggering handoffs in this manner, allows cellular networks to handle handoffs to non-cellular networks in much the same way they handle inter-MSC handoffs today, i.e., source initiated.