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Methods and apparatus for wireless network connectivity

  • US 9,992,756 B2
  • Filed: 08/13/2013
  • Issued: 06/05/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/14/2001
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method for communicating with a plurality of base stations, the method being implemented by a wireless terminal, the method comprising:

  • receiving first data via a first connection between the wireless terminal and a first base station;

    receiving second data via a second connection between the wireless terminal and a second base station, wherein the second data is received in parallel with the first data, and wherein the first data is different from the second data;

    receiving first control information via the first connection;

    receiving second control information via the second connection, wherein the second control information is received in parallel with the first control information, and wherein the first control information is different from the second control information;

    starting transmission of a first data packet to the first base station when wireless channel conditions for the first base station are better than wireless channel conditions for the second base station;

    determining, after the transmission of the first data packet has started and before the transmission of the first data packet has completed, that the wireless channel conditions for the second base station are better than the wireless channel conditions for the first base station; and

    finishing transmission of the first data packet to the first base station in parallel with starting transmission of a second data packet to the second base station.

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