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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 07, 2015
Filed:
Feb. 22, 2013
Applicant:
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Inventors:
Jin-Seong Kim, Incheon, KR;
Ki-Hyuk Kum, Suwon-si, KR;
Assignee:
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 48/20 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 48/20 (2013.01);
Abstract
An apparatus and a method for determining a communication link in a client node of a communication system are provided. In the method, access network information and channel state information for at least one host node are determined. Link state information for each host node is determined using the access network information and the channel state information for the corresponding host node. One of the at least one host node is determined with consideration of the link state information for each of the at least one host node.