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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 06, 2017
Filed:
Feb. 15, 2016
Applicant:
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04H 20/71 (2008.01); H04W 36/00 (2009.01); H04W 36/14 (2009.01); H04W 48/12 (2009.01); H04W 4/06 (2009.01); H04W 8/26 (2009.01); H04W 24/00 (2009.01); H04W 84/12 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 36/0061 (2013.01); H04W 4/06 (2013.01); H04W 36/14 (2013.01); H04W 48/12 (2013.01); H04W 8/26 (2013.01); H04W 24/00 (2013.01); H04W 84/12 (2013.01);
Abstract
In a wireless communications network, the presence of a wireless local area network in a cell segment is determined. An identifier of the wireless local area network in the cell segment is sent to at least one mobile station in the cell segment to enable the at least one mobile station to hand off to the wireless local area network. Optionally, information identifying geographic boundaries of cell segments and the wireless local area network can be sent to the at least one mobile station.