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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 05, 2015
Filed:
Oct. 20, 2011
Young Hoon Kwon, San Diego, CA (US);
Zhigang Rong, San Diego, CA (US);
Limei Wang, San Diego, CA (US);
Young Hoon Kwon, San Diego, CA (US);
Zhigang Rong, San Diego, CA (US);
Limei Wang, San Diego, CA (US);
Futurewei Technologies, Inc., Plano, TX (US);
Abstract
An apparatus comprising a connection manager in a user equipment (UE) configured to communicate with a cellular network via a cellular interface and with a short range wireless access network via a short range wireless access interface, wherein the connection manager is configured to enable the short range wireless access interface when a data connection request is detected and disable the short range wireless access interface when no more data connection requests are detected after expiration of a pre-determined time, and wherein the data connection request is at least partially delivered via the cellular interface while the short range wireless access interface is being set up and data connection is switched to the short range wireless access interface after completing short range wireless access interface setup.