Method and equipment for supporting mobility in a telecommunication system
First Claim
1. A method for supporting mobility in a wireless telecommunications system, the system including at least one terminal, an access point currently serving the terminal and a plurality of other access points, wherein the access points may be grouped into networks and the terminal is configured to collect information related to available access points, the method comprising:
- checking network names of the available access points;
selecting a first access point with best connection attributes from among the available access points having a network name that matches a currently serving access point;
selecting a second access point with best connection attributes from among the available access points having a different network name than the currently serving access point;
comparing one or more connection attributes of the first access point and the second access point; and
establishing a connection to the second access point if differences between the compared connection attributes fulfil pre-determined conditions.
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Abstract
A method for supporting mobility in a wireless telecommunication system which comprises at least one terminal, an access point currently serving the terminal and a plurality of other access points. The access points may be grouped into networks and the terminal is arranged to collect information about available access points. The network names of the available access points are checked by the terminal. The first access point with the best connection attributes of the available access points with the same network name as the currently serving access point is selected. The second access point with the best connection attributes of the available access points with a different network name than the currently serving access point is also selected. One or more connection attributes of the first access point and the second access point are compared. The connection to the second access point is established if the differences between the compared connection attributes fulfil pre-determined conditions.
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22 Claims
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1. A method for supporting mobility in a wireless telecommunications system, the system including at least one terminal, an access point currently serving the terminal and a plurality of other access points, wherein the access points may be grouped into networks and the terminal is configured to collect information related to available access points, the method comprising:
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checking network names of the available access points;
selecting a first access point with best connection attributes from among the available access points having a network name that matches a currently serving access point;
selecting a second access point with best connection attributes from among the available access points having a different network name than the currently serving access point;
comparing one or more connection attributes of the first access point and the second access point; and
establishing a connection to the second access point if differences between the compared connection attributes fulfil pre-determined conditions. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A terminal comprising:
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a transceiver configured to communicate with an access point;
collecting means for collecting information related to available access points;
checking means for checking the network names of the available access points;
selection means for selecting a first access point having best connection attributes of the available access points having a network name matching a currently serving access point and configured to select a second access point having best connection attributes of the available access points having a different network name than the currently serving access point;
comparison means for comparing one or more connection attributes of the first access point and the second access point; and
access means for establishing a connection to the second access point if differences between the compared connection attributes fulfil pre-determined conditions. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A terminal comprising:
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a transceiver configured to communicate with an access point;
at least one collector configured to collect information related to available access points;
at least one checker configured to check the network names of the available access points;
at least one selector configured to (i) select a first access point having best connection attributes of the available access points having a network name matching a currently serving access point and (ii) select a second access point having best connection attributes of the available access points having a different network name than the currently serving access point;
at least one comparator configured to compare one or more connection attributes of the first access point and the second access point; and
at least one access device configured to establish a connection to the second access point if differences between the compared connection attributes fulfil pre-determined conditions. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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