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Apparatus, system and method for managing wireless local area network service to a multi-mode portable communication device

  • US 9,532,399 B2
  • Filed: 11/30/2006
  • Issued: 12/27/2016
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/30/2006
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. An access point comprising:

  • a wireless local area network (WLAN) interface configured to exchange WLAN signals with a multi-mode wireless communication device;

    a wireless wide area network (WWAN) interface configured to send a device proximity message to a WWAN, the device proximity message based on a proximity of the multi-mode wireless communication device to the access point; and

    a controller configured to generate the device proximity message based on a proximity of the multi-mode wireless communication device to the access point, the proximity calculated using a power control indicator extracted from a forward link signal and a signal characteristic of a reverse link WWAN signal, the forward link WWAN signal transmitted from the WWAN and received at the access point, the reverse link WWAN signal received at the access point and transmitted by the multi-mode wireless communication device.

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