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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 16, 2011
Filed:
Mar. 04, 2009
Ramanathan T. Jagadeesan, San Jose, CA (US);
Bich T. Nguyen, Los Altos, CA (US);
Andrew C. Chung, Fremont, CA (US);
Christopher E. Pearce, Dallas, TX (US);
Ramanathan T. Jagadeesan, San Jose, CA (US);
Bich T. Nguyen, Los Altos, CA (US);
Andrew C. Chung, Fremont, CA (US);
Christopher E. Pearce, Dallas, TX (US);
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
A method for facilitating communications between wireless networks is provided that includes communicating with a mobile station and transferring a communication session from a first wireless link to a second wireless link. The mobile station is operable to negotiate a first wireless link with a first wireless network, to establish a communication session with a device using the first wireless link, and to facilitate a session handoff with a second wireless link with the second wireless network using the second wireless interface. The handoff is enabled by associating the first wireless link to the second wireless link.