PRE-EVALUATION OF MULTIPLE NETWORK ACCESS POINTS
First Claim
1. A system for evaluation of one or more access points to an access network prior to a wireless mobile device establishing a data communication session via one of the access point(s) to said access network, comprising:
- a mobile device having at least one radio interface for communication with one or more access point(s) to an access network;
said mobile device being configured to collect information broadcasted by the access point(s) and to detect link layer characteristics between the access point(s) and the mobile device;
said mobile device being configured to automatically select or enable user-driven selection of at least one test correspondent for evaluation of network level attributes of the access point(s);
said mobile device having a connection manager that performs an evaluation of the access point(s) based on both a) said broadcasted information and said link layer characteristics between the access points and the mobile devices and b) said network level attributes of said access point(s).
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Abstract
The present application describes, inter alia, novel techniques to perform pre-evaluations of multiple Wi-Fi Access Points (AP) and Access Networks (AN). A pre-evaluation determines whether or not an AP is connected to the Internet and measures the path performance that the AN, via that particular AP, can offer between the mobile device and a pre-specified Internet host. In addition, the invention also discloses methods to determine whether the AN requires a user to actively authenticate themselves through a redirect log-on page.
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1. A system for evaluation of one or more access points to an access network prior to a wireless mobile device establishing a data communication session via one of the access point(s) to said access network, comprising:
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a mobile device having at least one radio interface for communication with one or more access point(s) to an access network; said mobile device being configured to collect information broadcasted by the access point(s) and to detect link layer characteristics between the access point(s) and the mobile device; said mobile device being configured to automatically select or enable user-driven selection of at least one test correspondent for evaluation of network level attributes of the access point(s); said mobile device having a connection manager that performs an evaluation of the access point(s) based on both a) said broadcasted information and said link layer characteristics between the access points and the mobile devices and b) said network level attributes of said access point(s).
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2. A system for evaluation of access points to an access network prior to a wireless mobile device establishing a data communication session via one of the access points to said access network, comprising:
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a mobile device configured to receive information wirelessly transmitted from multiple access points; said mobile device being configured to perform an evaluation of a plurality of access points via which said mobile device does not have an on-going data session based on both physical layer attributes of said access points and network level attributes of said access points such as to evaluate not only physical layer attributes but also networking status of said access points. - View Dependent Claims (3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40)
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