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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 02, 2014
Filed:
Sep. 30, 2005
Chueng-hsien Lin, Cranbury, NJ (US);
Kishore Ramachandran, Piscataway, NJ (US);
Sampath Rangarajan, Bridgewater, NJ (US);
Chueng-Hsien Lin, Cranbury, NJ (US);
Kishore Ramachandran, Piscataway, NJ (US);
Sampath Rangarajan, Bridgewater, NJ (US);
Alcatel Lucent, Boulogne-Billancourt, FR;
Abstract
In the method, communication is established between a mobile device and access points in a wireless local area network by first connecting to a first access point on a first channel. After the first connection is established, the method determines whether a second access point is available before disconnecting from the first connection. If a signal strength of the first connection drops below a signal strength threshold, the method second connects to the second access point on a second channel. The above-described method is an example of a make-before-break or soft handoff methodology.