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Method and system for seamless roaming between wireless communication networks with a mobile terminal

  • US 6,243,581 B1
  • Filed: 12/11/1998
  • Issued: 06/05/2001
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/11/1998
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A mobile computer terminal, comprising:

  • data processing resources for executing software;

    a first wireless interface directly coupled to the data processing resources that interfaces the mobile computer terminal to a cellular wireless communication network;

    a second wireless interface directly coupled to the data processing resources that interfaces the mobile computer terminal to a wireless local area network;

    a network access arbitrator that routes data communicated between said software executed by said data processing resources and the cellular wireless communication network via the first wireless interface; and

    wherein the network access arbitrator seamlessly hand-off said data from said cellular wireless communication network via the first wireless interface to the wireless local area network via the second wireless interface in response to said mobile computer terminal having a higher bandwidth connection to the wireless local area network than to the cellular wireless network.

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