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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Mar. 20, 2018

Filed:

Jun. 18, 2015
Applicant:

Amazon Technologies, Inc., Seattle, WA (US);

Inventors:

Jin Guo, Cupertino, CA (US);

Binh Quoc Tran, Los Altos, CA (US);

Shengwei Zhang, Fremont, CA (US);

Jay William Kruse, Los Gatos, CA (US);

Assignee:

Amazon Technologies, Inc., Seattle, WA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 7/00 (2006.01); H04W 36/30 (2009.01); H04W 72/08 (2009.01); H04W 36/14 (2009.01); H04W 76/04 (2009.01); H04W 88/02 (2009.01); H04W 88/08 (2009.01); H04W 84/02 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 36/30 (2013.01); H04W 36/14 (2013.01); H04W 72/085 (2013.01); H04W 76/04 (2013.01); H04W 84/02 (2013.01); H04W 88/02 (2013.01); H04W 88/08 (2013.01);
Abstract

Devices, systems and methods are disclosed for allowing a mobile device to roam from a first frequency band to a second frequency band for a dual band access point when a signal strength associated with the first frequency band improves. For example, the mobile device may store a first signal strength associated with the first frequency band when the mobile device first connects to the first frequency band and may monitor subsequent signal strengths to determine if they exceed the first signal strength. When a subsequent signal strength exceeds the first signal strength, the mobile device may use this as an indication that the mobile device is closer to the access point and within range of the second frequency band. The mobile device may then detect and connect to the second frequency band.


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