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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 20, 2012
Filed:
Oct. 27, 2006
Shamim Akbar Rahman, Montreal, CA;
Guy Cote, Boucherville, CA;
Maged Zaki, Pierrefonds, CA;
InterDigital Technology Corporation, Wilmington, DE (US);
Abstract
A method for operating a wireless mobile device moving through different types of networks includes storing within the wireless mobile device a type of network associated with a respective access node as the wireless mobile device moves through the different types of networks. A type of connectivity available for each access node is stored within the wireless mobile device, as well as location of each access node. The wireless mobile device is operated with a current access node corresponding to one type of network based on a current location of the wireless mobile device. Handoff is initiated by the wireless mobile device from the current access node to another access node corresponding to a different type of network based on movement of the wireless mobile device.