Facilitation of wireless network session continuity

• US 9,906,996 B2
• Filed: 06/23/2015
• Issued: 02/27/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 06/23/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I LP (AT&T, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I LP (AT&T, Inc.)
• Inventors: Lou, Yuang, Duet, Douglas A.
• Primary Examiner(s): MEW, KEVIN D
• Application Number:
  US14/747,429
• Publication Number:
  US 20160381606A1
• Time in Patent Office: 980 Days
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 24/02 Arrangements for optimising operational condition
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 36/0022 for transferring data sessions between adjacent core network technologies
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 36/00224 between packet switched [PS] and circuit switched [CS] network technologies, e.g. circuit switched fallback [CSFB]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 36/0066 of control information between different types of networks in order to establish a new radio link in the target network
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 36/26 by agreed or negotiated communication parameters
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 84/12 WLAN [Wireless Local Area Networks]

Abstract

Internet protocol session continuity can be achieved via an access point registration process. Mobile devices near an access point device that has registered with a base station device can offload wireless communication from the base station device to the access point device. The access point device can be a known access point device that can be secured and subject to session continuity policies of a service provider. The session continuity policies can be stored at a content handover processor, which can oversee the handover processes between the base station device and the mobile device.

Claims

1. A method, comprising:

receiving, by a wireless network device comprising a processor, signal data related to a mobile device communication with a base station device;

receiving, by the wireless network device, registration data related to registration with an access point device;

receiving, by the wireless network device, other signal data related to another mobile device communication with the access point device;

receiving, by the wireless network device, a request from the mobile device to access the access point device; and

based on whether a condition is satisfied, sending, by the wireless network device to the mobile device, connectivity data relating to information about a connection with the mobile device.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

facilitating, by the wireless network device, based on the condition being determined to have been satisfied, access to the access point device by the mobile device.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein satisfaction of the condition comprises a speed of the mobile device being at least a defined speed.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the connectivity data comprises an indication that access to the access point device has been granted.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the connectivity data comprises an indication that access to the access point device has been denied based on the condition being determined not to have been satisfied.

6. The method of claim 2, further comprising:

terminating, by the wireless network device, the access to the access point device in response to another condition being determined to have been satisfied.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the connectivity data comprises session continuity data related to the mobile device transitioning from a licensed spectrum to an unlicensed spectrum.

8. A system, comprising:

a processor; and

a memory that stores executable instructions that, when executed by the processor, facilitate performance of operations, comprising;

receiving mobile device data related to a communication of a mobile device with a base station device;

receiving access point device data related to an access point device of a network;

receiving other mobile device data related to another communication of the mobile device with the access point device;

continuing the other communication with the access point device based on a condition being determined to have been satisfied; and

linking a licensed radio frequency domain to an unlicensed radio frequency domain.

9. The system of claim 8, wherein the condition comprises an analysis of whether a speed of the mobile device is at least a defined speed.

10. The system of claim 8, wherein the operations further comprise:

generating a priority data structure associated with a priority of the access point device.

11. The system of claim 8, wherein the condition is related to a priority associated with the access point device.

12. The system of claim 11, wherein the priority is based on an availability of the access point device in relation to other access point devices.

13. The system of claim 8, wherein the operations further comprise:

receiving cellular network data in response to the continuing the other communication with the access point device.

14. The system of claim 13, wherein the cellular network data comprises internet protocol socket data.

15. The system of claim 8, wherein the operations further comprise:

receiving time data related to the access point device, and wherein the time data is associated with adjusting the mobile device data and the other mobile device data to be in synchronization.

16. A non-transitory computer readable medium storing executable instructions that, in response to execution, cause a device comprising a processor to perform operations, comprising:

receiving first network data related to a first communication of a mobile device with a base station device;

receiving second network data related to the base station releasing the first communication with the mobile device;

receiving access point device data related to an access point device of a network;

receiving third network data related to the access point device establishing a second communication with the mobile device;

monitoring the second communication for a change in data throughput; and

linking a licensed radio frequency network to an unlicensed radio frequency network.

17. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 16, wherein the operations further comprise:

registering another access point device by sending other access point device data to the base station device.

18. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 16, wherein the operations further comprise:

requesting cellular network data in response to the establishing the second communication with the mobile device.

19. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 18, wherein the cellular network data comprises connection data related to a wireless connection between the base station device and the mobile device.

20. The non-transitory computer readable medium claim 16, wherein the operations further comprise:

terminating the second communication with the mobile device in response to the change in the data throughput.