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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 16, 2010
Filed:
Aug. 03, 2005
Tao Zhang, Fort Lee, NJ (US);
Kim Byungsusk, Edgewater, NJ (US);
Toshikazu Kodama, Morristown, NJ (US);
Shinichi Baba, Kawasaki, JP;
Miriam Tauil, Berkeley Heights, NJ (US);
Tao Zhang, Fort Lee, NJ (US);
Kim Byungsusk, Edgewater, NJ (US);
Toshikazu Kodama, Morristown, NJ (US);
Shinichi Baba, Kawasaki, JP;
Miriam Tauil, Berkeley Heights, NJ (US);
Toshiba America Research, Inc., Piscataway, NJ (US);
Telcordia Technologies, Inc., Piscataway, NJ (US);
Abstract
A Multi-Interface Mobility Management (MIMM) client is provided on a mobile Multi-Interface Device (MID) to support seamless network connectivity and switching of the MID. The MIMM client communicates with a MIMM Server. The MIMM Server collects information from MIMM Clients and provides information to the MIMM Clients pertaining to the network(s) to which the mobile MID has access, such as information concerning the availability of a network, the quality of network connectivity, etc. The MIMM Client is responsible for determining whether and when a handoff or roaming operation should be initiated by the mobile MID, and which network interface the mobile MID should use after the handoff/roam operation has been completed. The MIMM Client also is responsible for performing mobility-related functions that are required prior and subsequent to the handoff/roam operation. The MIMM Client uses the information received from the MIMM Server in order to make these determinations.