Techniques to manage roaming

• US 20060223526A1
• Filed: 03/31/2005
• Published: 10/05/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 03/31/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Intel Corporation
• Original Assignee: Intel Corporation
• Inventors: Sood, Kapil, Walker, Jesse, Qi, Emily H.
• Granted Patent: US 7,706,789 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/432.100
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 36/0055 Transmission or use of information for re-establishing the radio link

Abstract

A system, apparatus, method and article to manage roaming in a wireless communication system are described. An apparatus may include a first wireless device having a processor to receive roaming information for a second wireless device from a third wireless device, and send the roaming information to the second wireless device to establish a connection with the third wireless device. Other embodiments are described and claimed.

Claims

1. An apparatus comprising a first wireless device having a media access control processor to receive roaming information for a second wireless device from a third wireless device, and send said roaming information to said second wireless device to establish a connection with said third wireless device.

2. The apparatus of claim 1, said first and third wireless devices to comprise fixed wireless devices.

3. The apparatus of claim 1, said second wireless device to comprise a mobile device.

4. The apparatus of claim 1, said connection to comprise one of a wireless local area network connection and wireless metropolitan area network connection.

5. The apparatus of claim 1, said roaming information to comprise at least one of connectivity parameter, a bandwidth parameter, and a security parameter.

6. A system, comprising:

an antenna;

a transceiver to couple to said antenna; and

a first wireless device having a media access control processor to couple to said transceiver, said media access control processor to receive roaming information for a second wireless device from a third wireless device, and send said roaming information to said second wireless device to establish a connection with said third wireless device.

7. The system of claim 6, said first and third wireless devices to comprise fixed wireless devices.

8. The system of claim 6, said second wireless device to comprise a mobile device.

9. The system of claim 6, said connection to comprise one of a wireless local area network connection and wireless metropolitan area network connection.

10. The system of claim 6, said roaming information to comprise at least one of connectivity parameter, a bandwidth parameter, and a security parameter.

11. A method, comprising:

establishing a first connection between a first device and a second device;

receiving a request for roaming information from said second device;

sending said request to a third device;

receiving said roaming information from said third device; and

sending said roaming information to said second device.

12. The method of claim 11, comprising establishing a second connection between said second device and said third device using said roaming information.

13. The method of claim 11, said roaming information to comprise at least one of connectivity parameter, a bandwidth parameter, and a security parameter.

14. The method of claim 11, comprising:

receiving said request for roaming information by said third device; and

sending said roaming information to said first device.

15. The method of claim 11, comprising:

sending said request for roaming information to said first device; and

receiving said roaming information by said second device.

16. An article comprising a machine-readable storage medium containing instructions that if executed enable a system to establish a first connection between a first device and a second device, receive a request for roaming information from said second device, send said request to a third device, receive said roaming information from said third device, and send said roaming information to said second device.

17. The article of claim 16, further comprising instructions that if executed enable the system to establish a second connection between said second device and said third device using said roaming information.

18. The article of claim 16, said roaming information to comprise at least one of connectivity parameter, a bandwidth parameter, and a security parameter.

19. The article of claim 16, further comprising instructions that if executed enable the system to receive said request for roaming information by said third device, and send said roaming information to said first device.

20. The article of claim 16, further comprising instructions that if executed enable the system to send said request for roaming information to said first device, and receive said roaming information by said second device.