Wireless hand-over in mobile deployments
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1. A device comprising:
- a wireless interface to exchange wireless signals with a first access point of multiple access points in at least one network connection; and
a handover controller to utilize a route profile configured to identify locations of the multiple access points distributed over a route that are capable of supporting the network connection, where the handover controller is configured to monitor signal strength of wireless signals from the multiple access points, and to determine whether to handover the network connection to a second access point of the multiple access points based, at least in part, on the monitored signal strength of the wireless signals from the first and second access points and the route profile as the device travels along the route, and where the handover controller is configured to identify expected signal strength fluctuations proximate to the first access point based on the route profile, and to maintain an association with the first access point as the device passes through the signal strength fluctuations.
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Abstract
The network communication system includes a wireless interface to exchange wireless signals during at least one network connection, and a handover controller that uses a route profile identifying access points distributed over a given route or region that are capable of supporting the network connection, and to handover the network connection between access points as the device travels along the given route or through a region according to the route profile.
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1. A device comprising:
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a wireless interface to exchange wireless signals with a first access point of multiple access points in at least one network connection; and a handover controller to utilize a route profile configured to identify locations of the multiple access points distributed over a route that are capable of supporting the network connection, where the handover controller is configured to monitor signal strength of wireless signals from the multiple access points, and to determine whether to handover the network connection to a second access point of the multiple access points based, at least in part, on the monitored signal strength of the wireless signals from the first and second access points and the route profile as the device travels along the route, and where the handover controller is configured to identify expected signal strength fluctuations proximate to the first access point based on the route profile, and to maintain an association with the first access point as the device passes through the signal strength fluctuations. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A method comprising:
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utilizing, with a networking device, a route profile to identify access points distributed over a route that are capable of supporting a network connection, and to identify expected signal strength fluctuations proximate to a first access point currently supporting the network connection; monitoring, with the networking device, signal strength of wireless signals from the access points; determining, with the networking device, whether to handover the network connection to a second access point from the first access point based, at least in part, on the monitored signal strength of the wireless signals from the access points and the route profile; and maintaining, with the networking device, an association with the first access point as the networking device passes through the signal strength fluctuations based on the determination. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. An apparatus comprising:
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means for utilizing a route profile to identify access points distributed over a route that are capable of supporting a network connection, and to identify expected signal strength fluctuations proximate to a first access point currently supporting the network connection; means for monitoring signal strength of wireless signals from the access points; means for determining whether to handover the network connection to a second access point from the first access point based, at least in part, on the monitored signal strength of the wireless signals from the access points and the route profile as the apparatus travels along the route; and means for maintaining an association with the first access point as the apparatus passes through the signal strength fluctuations based on the determination. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16)
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