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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 18, 2011
Filed:
Dec. 20, 2005
Rias Muhamed, Austin, TX (US);
Anil K. Doradla, Austin, TX (US);
Rias Muhamed, Austin, TX (US);
Anil K. Doradla, Austin, TX (US);
AT&T Intellectual Property I, LP, Atlanta, GA (US);
Abstract
A system and methods () are disclosed for enabling communications between a communication device and a wireless access point. A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a multimode communication device (MCD) () having a controller () for managing operations of a multimode wireless transceiver () supporting communications on a plurality of wireless access technologies (). The controller can be programmed to transmit () to a network management system (NMS) () over a first wireless access technology a request for configuration information associated with a wireless access point, receive () the configuration information from the NMS, and enable () communications with the wireless access point over a second wireless access technology according to the configuration information. Embodiments for the NMS are also disclosed.