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Date of Patent:
Feb. 26, 2013

Filed:

Jan. 03, 2008
Applicants:

Shmuel Shaffer, Palo Alto, CA (US);

Amit Prakash Barave, Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Zeeshan Rahman Khan, Fremont, CA (US);

Inventors:

Shmuel Shaffer, Palo Alto, CA (US);

Amit Prakash Barave, Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Zeeshan Rahman Khan, Fremont, CA (US);

Assignee:

Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/28 (2006.01); H04L 12/56 (2006.01); H04J 3/16 (2006.01); H04J 3/22 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

In an example embodiment, a method is provided that accesses a list of communication preferences. The list identifies a communication paradigm and a different communication paradigm. Link quality information associated with the communication paradigm also is accessed. Based on the link quality information, communication may be switched from the communication paradigm to the different communication paradigm.


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