Open and extensible framework for ubiquitous radio management and services in heterogeneous wireless networks
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1. A method comprising:
- abstracting common attributes of first and second wireless protocols into a set of abstracted attributes;
communicating over a first network using the first wireless protocols; and
switching from communicating over the first network to communicating over a second network using the second wireless protocols;
wherein an application uses the abstracted common attributes for said communicating over both the first and second networks;
wherein the first and second networks are heterogeneous.
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Abstract
An open and extensible framework for ubiquitous radio management and services in heterogeneous wireless networks is disclosed. A radio interface manager abstracts interface attributes of multiple heterogeneous network interfaces into a set of abstracted attributes for access by one or more applications.
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16 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
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abstracting common attributes of first and second wireless protocols into a set of abstracted attributes; communicating over a first network using the first wireless protocols; and switching from communicating over the first network to communicating over a second network using the second wireless protocols; wherein an application uses the abstracted common attributes for said communicating over both the first and second networks; wherein the first and second networks are heterogeneous. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. An apparatus comprising
a first wireless communications device capable of communicating with a second wireless communications device over both first and second heterogeneous wireless networks, wherein the first wireless communications device comprises: -
a radio information model to abstract common protocol attributes of the first and second networks into a set of abstracted attributes; a first interface to communicate over the first network and a second interface to communicate over the second network; and a plurality of radio services coupled to the radio information model; wherein an application is to cause the first device to switch communications with the second device from the first network to the second network based on the abstracted attributes. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A computer readable storage medium, containing a program which when executed causes operations to be performed in a wireless communications device, the operations comprising:
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abstracting common attributes of first and second wireless protocols into a set of abstracted attributes; communicating over a first network using the first wireless protocols; and switching from communicating over the first network to communicating over a second network using the second wireless protocols; wherein an application uses the abstracted common attributes for said communicating over both the first and second networks; wherein the first and second networks are heterogeneous. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16)
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