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SESSION CONTINUITY IN WIRELESS LOCAL AREA NETWORKS WITH INTERNET PROTOCOL LEVEL MOBILITY

  • US 20140017990A1
  • Filed: 07/16/2012
  • Published: 01/16/2014
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/16/2012
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method implemented by a device, the method comprising:

  • receiving, by the device, a request from a mobile device to create a socket connection between the mobile device and the device, the request being associated with linking information that links the socket connection with a previous socket connection with the mobile device, and the request being received from the mobile device after the mobile device disconnects from a first wireless local area network and connects to a second wireless local area network;

    identifying, by the device and based on the linking information, a socket connection between the device and a server device, the socket connection between the device and the server device having been created when the mobile device was connected to the first wireless local area network; and

    relaying communications, by the device, between the mobile device and the server device, using the socket connection between the mobile device and the device and the socket connection between the device and the server device.

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