Mobile communication device initiated hand-off based on wireless base station priority
First Claim
1. A method of operating a mobile communication device comprising:
- wirelessly transferring user communications to a first wireless base station;
identifying a second wireless base station that has sufficient performance characteristics for wireless communication with the mobile communication device and that has a higher communication priority than the first wireless base station, and in response, initiating a hand-off from the first wireless base station to the second wireless base station; and
in response to the hand-off, stopping the wireless transfer of the user communications to the first wireless base station and wirelessly transferring additional user communications to the second wireless base station,wherein identifying the second wireless base station having the higher communication priority comprises wirelessly receiving a prioritized base station list and processing the prioritized base station list to determine that the second wireless base station has the higher communication priority than the first wireless base station based on the priority order set in the prioritized base station list.
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Abstract
A mobile communication device wirelessly transfers user communications to a first wireless base station. The mobile communication device identifies a second wireless base station that has sufficient performance characteristics for wireless communication with the mobile communication device and that has a higher communication priority than the first wireless base station. In response, the mobile communication device initiates a hand-off from the first wireless base station to the second wireless base station. In response to the hand-off, the mobile communication device stops the wireless transfer of the user communications to the first wireless base station and wirelessly transfers additional user communications to the second wireless base station.
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12 Claims
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1. A method of operating a mobile communication device comprising:
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wirelessly transferring user communications to a first wireless base station; identifying a second wireless base station that has sufficient performance characteristics for wireless communication with the mobile communication device and that has a higher communication priority than the first wireless base station, and in response, initiating a hand-off from the first wireless base station to the second wireless base station; and in response to the hand-off, stopping the wireless transfer of the user communications to the first wireless base station and wirelessly transferring additional user communications to the second wireless base station, wherein identifying the second wireless base station having the higher communication priority comprises wirelessly receiving a prioritized base station list and processing the prioritized base station list to determine that the second wireless base station has the higher communication priority than the first wireless base station based on the priority order set in the prioritized base station list. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A mobile communication device comprising:
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a wireless communication interface configured to wirelessly transfer user communications to a first wireless base station and to wirelessly transfer additional user communications a second wireless base station; a processing system configured to identify the second wireless base station as having sufficient performance characteristics for wireless communication with the mobile communication device and as having a higher communication priority than the first wireless base station, and in response, to initiate a hand-off from the first wireless base station to the second wireless base station; the processing system further configured to direct the communication interface to stop the wireless transfer of the user communications to the first wireless base station and to start the wireless transfer of the additional user communications to the second wireless base station in response to the hand-off, wherein the wireless communication interface configured to wirelessly receive a prioritized base station list, and the processing system is configured to process the prioritized base station list to determine that the second wireless base station has the higher communication priority than the first wireless base station based on the priority order set in the prioritized base station list. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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