Telecommunications – Radiotelephone system – Zoned or cellular telephone system
Patent
1997-01-03
2000-09-12
Urban, Edward F.
Telecommunications
Radiotelephone system
Zoned or cellular telephone system
455443, 455456, H04Q 720
Patent
active
061190063
ABSTRACT:
A user's access patterns are accounted for in deciding to switch between a plurality of wireless networks 204, 206. A method according to one embodiment of the present invention includes monitoring a location of a wireless communication device 202 within a region serviced by a first wireless communication network 204 and second region serviced by a second wireless communication network 206. The first and second region have an overlapping region which could be serviced by both networks. The future location of the wireless communication device 202 within the first and second regions is predicted based on the monitoring of the previous locations of the wireless communication device 202. When the wireless communication device 202 is detected as being within the overlapping region, the system determines whether to transfer an active connection between the wireless communication device 202 and one of the networks to the other network. In one embodiment, past patterns of usage of the wireless communication 202 device within the first and second region are identified and used to predict a future location based on the past pattern. In another embodiment, a calender of predetermined time-location associations is input into a controller 203 associated with the wireless communication device 202 and the prediction is based on an actual location and current time being compared with the values input into the calender.
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Beyda William Joseph
Shaffer Shmuel
Gesesse Tilahun
Siemens Information and Communication Systems, Inc.
Urban Edward F.
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