Systems/methods of preferential communications
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1. A system comprising a mobile device that is configured to perform operations comprising:
- communicating with a base station of a cellular network;
communicating with an access point that is installed in a residence/office;
preferentially communicating with the access point when proximate thereto and refraining from communicating with the base station of the cellular network when proximate to the access point even though the mobile device is able to communicate with the base station of the cellular network when proximate to the access point; and
preferentially communicating with a first access point that is installed in a residence/office responsive to an identity of the mobile device; and
refraining from communicating with a second access point that is installed in a residence/office responsive to the identity of the mobile device even though the mobile device is able to communicate with the second access point that is installed in a residence/office.
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Abstract
A wireless network may comprise a plurality of base stations and a plurality of access points, such as femtocells, which may be installed in homes and/or offices, as deemed necessary to provide improved signal quality and increased data throughput while off-loading capacity from one or more near-by base stations. A user device may be configured to detect proximity to an access point and establish communications preferentially with the access point while refraining from communicating with a base station even though the user device is within a service region of the base station and can communicate with that base station.
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1. A system comprising a mobile device that is configured to perform operations comprising:
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communicating with a base station of a cellular network; communicating with an access point that is installed in a residence/office; preferentially communicating with the access point when proximate thereto and refraining from communicating with the base station of the cellular network when proximate to the access point even though the mobile device is able to communicate with the base station of the cellular network when proximate to the access point; and preferentially communicating with a first access point that is installed in a residence/office responsive to an identity of the mobile device; and
refraining from communicating with a second access point that is installed in a residence/office responsive to the identity of the mobile device even though the mobile device is able to communicate with the second access point that is installed in a residence/office. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4)
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5. A method of communicating between a mobile device and a base station of a cellular network and between the mobile device and an access point that is installed in a residence/office;
- the method comprising;
preferentially communicating with the access point when proximate thereto and refraining from communicating with the base station of the cellular network when proximate to the access point even though communications with the base station of the cellular network are possible when proximate to the access point; preferentially communicating with a first access point that is installed in a residence/office responsive to an identity of the mobile device; and refraining from communicating with a second access point that is installed in a residence/office responsive to the identity of the mobile device even though the mobile device is able to communicate with the second access point that is installed in a residence/office. - View Dependent Claims (6, 7, 8, 9)
- the method comprising;
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