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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 08, 2013
Filed:
Dec. 20, 2005
Anil K. Doradla, Austin, TX (US);
Rias Muhamed, Austin, TX (US);
Sreenivasa R. Gorti, Austin, TX (US);
Anil K. Doradla, Austin, TX (US);
Rias Muhamed, Austin, TX (US);
Sreenivasa R. Gorti, Austin, TX (US);
AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P., Atlanta, GA (US);
Abstract
A system and methods () are disclosed for seamless communications between a communication device and wireless access points. A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a multimode communication device (MCD) () having a controller () to manage operations of a global position (GPS) receiver (), and a multimode wireless transceiver (). The controller can be programmed to authenticate () the MCD with a first wireless access point, request and receive () a first IP address, establish () communications with a network management system (NMS) () according to the first IP address, transmit () to the NMS a location of the MCD, receive () a second IP address from the NMS in response to the NMS determining that the MCD is near a second wireless access point, and establish () communications over the second wireless access point according to the second IP address. Embodiments for the NMS are also disclosed.