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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 17, 2016
Filed:
Jun. 19, 2006
Anand S. Bedekar, Arlington Heights, IL (US);
Rajeev Agrawal, Northbrook, IL (US);
Venkat Gopikanth, Buffalo Grove, IL (US);
Suresh Kalyanasundaram, Bangalore, IN;
Vishnu Ram Ov, Trivandrum, IN;
Anand S. Bedekar, Arlington Heights, IL (US);
Rajeev Agrawal, Northbrook, IL (US);
Venkat Gopikanth, Buffalo Grove, IL (US);
Suresh Kalyanasundaram, Bangalore, IN;
Vishnu Ram OV, Trivandrum, IN;
Google Technology Holdings LLC, Mountain View, CA (US);
Abstract
A wireless access point () detects an indicia of a change in wireless connectivity of a mobile station () with respect to itself and another wireless access point (). The wireless access point then automatically effects at least one of establishing a communication between itself and the second wireless access point regarding the change in wireless connectivity and/or establishing a temporary data tunnel as between itself and the second wireless access point. These network elements can also act to automatically establish a data flow path for the mobile station as between the second wireless access point and a network element (such as a mobility management agent ()) that is external to the common subnet. In a preferred approach this comprises, at least in part, automatically sending a registration request to the network element other than in response to a specific request from the mobile station to send such a registration request.