CONNECTION INITIATION IN WIRELESS NETWORKS INCLUDING LOAD BALANCING
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Abstract
Disclosed embodiments include a method for establishing a wireless communication session between a base station unit and a mobile unit wherein a system controller determines which base station unit of multiple base station units is an optimal base station unit to establish the session. The method includes the system controller receiving commands from each of multiple BSUs that have received a request for wireless service from a mobile unit. The commands include information, such as a unique identifier for the sending BSU, signal strength information for the sending BSU, and channel availability for the sending BSU. The system controller directs the optimal BSU to respond to the request, and directs every other BSU to ignore the request. In at least one embodiment, Bluetooth commands are used.
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35. A method for wireless communications, comprising:
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receiving from at least one mobile unit of a system for wireless communications by a plurality of base station units comprised in said system an inquiry whether said each base station unit is configured to provide a wireless service for said at least one mobile unit situated at a corresponding location in said system, wherein each base station unit of said plurality of the base station units is configured to communicate wirelessly with said at least one mobile unit; sending by each base station unit of said plurality of the base station units a message comprising said inquiry and data related to said each base station unit to other base station units of said plurality of the base station units; and determining by said plurality of the base station units without assistance from said at least one mobile unit an optimum base station unit out of said plurality of the base station units to communicate with said at least one mobile unit situated at said corresponding location. - View Dependent Claims (36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41)
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42. A system for wireless communications comprising:
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at least one mobile unit; and a plurality of base station units, wherein each base station unit of said plurality of the base station units is configured to communicate wirelessly with said at least one mobile unit, wherein said each base station unit of said plurality of the base station units is configured to receive an inquiry from said at least one mobile unit whether said each base station unit is configured to provide a wireless service for said at least one mobile unit situated at a corresponding location in said system, further configured to send a message comprising said inquiry and data related to said each base station unit to other base station units of said plurality of the base station units, such that said plurality of the base station units of said system are configured to determine without assistance from said at least one mobile unit an optimum base station unit out of said plurality of the base station units to communicate with said at least one mobile unit situated at said corresponding location. - View Dependent Claims (43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48)
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49. A base station unit of a system for wireless communications, comprising:
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a transceiver, configured to receive an inquiry from at least one mobile unit of a system for wireless communications sent to a plurality of base station units comprised in said system whether a base station unit of said plurality of the base station units is configured to provide a wireless service for said at least one mobile unit situated at a corresponding location in said system, and further configured to send a message comprising said inquiry and data related to said base station unit to other base station units of said plurality of the base station units, such that said plurality of the base station units are configured to determine without assistance from said at least one mobile unit an optimum base station unit out of said plurality of the base station units to communicate with said at least one mobile unit situated at said corresponding location. - View Dependent Claims (50, 51, 52, 53, 54)
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