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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 22, 2011
Filed:
Jan. 09, 2006
Robert Charles Meier, Cuyahoga Falls, OH (US);
Keith Kenneth Dettloff, Burbank, CA (US);
John Gary Waclawsky, Frederick, MD (US);
Robert Charles Meier, Cuyahoga Falls, OH (US);
Keith Kenneth Dettloff, Burbank, CA (US);
John Gary Waclawsky, Frederick, MD (US);
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
An exemplary embodiment providing for one or more improvements includes a method for use in a mobile station operating in a multi-protocol wireless network environment that supports a first wireless communication protocol and a second wireless communication protocol wherein the network environment allows the mobile station to seamlessly roam utilizing the first and second wireless communication protocols. The method includes establishing a first link layer connection using the first wireless communication protocol; and establishing a second link layer connection using the second wireless communication protocol wherein a single mobile identifier, corresponding to the mobile station, is used in the first and second connections.