Mobile station with roaming timer
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1. An apparatus for a mobile station comprising:
- a radio interface arranged to communicate with an access point; and
a processor arranged to;
determine one or more metrics representing a quality of a current association between the mobile station and the access point;
compare the one or more metrics against a plurality of thresholds; and
set a timer to a value responsive to comparing the one or more metrics against the plurality of thresholds, on the expiration of which to attempt to roam by the mobile station.
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Abstract
A mobile station in a wireless network includes a roaming timer. The roaming timer is set based on various criteria, and when the roaming timer expires, an attempt to roam is performed.
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29 Claims
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1. An apparatus for a mobile station comprising:
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a radio interface arranged to communicate with an access point; and a processor arranged to; determine one or more metrics representing a quality of a current association between the mobile station and the access point; compare the one or more metrics against a plurality of thresholds; and set a timer to a value responsive to comparing the one or more metrics against the plurality of thresholds, on the expiration of which to attempt to roam by the mobile station. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A mobile station comprising a processor arranged to:
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set a timer to one of a plurality of values to upon the expiration of which to attempt roaming by the mobile station in a wireless network, wherein the value to which the timer is set is influenced by a value of a metric that represents a perceived quality of a current association. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A mobile station comprising a processor arranged to:
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compare a first metric representing a quality of a current association between the mobile station and an access point to a first threshold and conditionally set a timer to a first value; and compare a second metric further representing the quality of the current association between the mobile station and the access point to a second threshold and conditionally set the timer to a second value; and attempt to roam when the timer expires. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A mobile station comprising:
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a processor and a radio interface arranged to communicate with a first access point to determine whether to end the association of the mobile station with the first access point and associate the mobile station with a second access point, wherein the processor is further arranged to reset a roaming timer, and wherein the roaming timer is to determine a delay time of associating the mobile station with the second access point. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29)
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