Multiple network access system and method
View Patent ↗Methods and devices for operating a wireless communication device that can communicate with at least two different wireless networks using a single radio frequency modem are described. The communication device attaches to a first wireless network through the radio frequency (RF) modem, and then detaches from the first wireless network at a predetermined time before a start time of a selected event on a second wireless network. The device attaches to the second wireless network using the same RF modem before the start time of the selected event and collects at least a portion of event data associated with the selected event. After collecting at least a portion of event data, the device detaches from the second wireless network and re-attaches to the first wireless network.
1. A method for receiving a multimedia broadcast service at a mobile device, the method comprising:
establishing a connection, by the mobile device, with a first network via a radio frequency (RF) modem on a first frequency associated with the first network, wherein the connection includes a bidirectional logical link with the first network and the mobile device is associated with a first base station;
receiving, by the mobile device, via the RF modem, information for a second network from the first network, wherein the second network is a unidirectional network and the information includes time slice information associated with a broadcast event;
receiving, by the mobile device via the RF modem on the first frequency, the broadcast event from the second network at a time indicated by the time slice information; and
receiving, by the mobile device, transmissions from the first network via the RF modem in non-broadcast event time intervals based on the time slice information.
2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the broadcast event is transmitted in an aggregated multiple content stream.
3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the time slice information includes a schedule of a plurality of broadcast events.
4. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
receiving updated information for the second network on a condition that the mobile device associates with a second base station.
5. A mobile device configured for receiving a multimedia broadcast service, the mobile device comprising:
a radio frequency (RF) modem configured to establish a connection with a first network on a first frequency associated with the first network, wherein the connection includes a bidirectional logical link with the first network and the mobile device is associated with a first base station;
a receiver configured to receive, via the RF modem, information for a second network from the first network, wherein the second network is a unidirectional network and the information includes time slice information associated with a broadcast event;
the receiver further configured to receive the broadcast event from the second network via the RF modem on the first frequency at a time indicated by the time slice information; and
the receiver further configured to receive transmissions from the first network via the RF modem in non-broadcast event time intervals based on the time slice information.
6. The mobile device of claim 5 , wherein the broadcast event is transmitted in an aggregated multiple content stream.
7. The mobile device of claim 5 , wherein the time slice information includes a schedule of a plurality of broadcast events.
8. The mobile device of claim 5 , further comprising:
the receiver further configured to receive updated information for the second network on a condition that the mobile device associates with a second base station.
9. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium with stored instructions executable by a computing device, the instructions comprising:
instructions to establish a connection with a first network, via a radio frequency (RF) modem of a mobile device on a first frequency associated with the first network, wherein the connection includes a bidirectional logical link with the first network and the mobile device is associated with a first base station;
instructions to receive, via the RF modem, information for a second network from the first network, wherein the second network is a unidirectional network and the information includes time slice information associated with a broadcast event;
instructions to receive the broadcast event from the second network via the RF modem on the first frequency at a time indicated by the time slice information; and
instructions to receive transmissions from the first network via the RF modem in non-broadcast event time intervals based on the time slice information.
10. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 9 , wherein the broadcast event is transmitted in an aggregated multiple content stream.
11. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 9 , wherein the time slice information includes a schedule of a plurality of broadcast events.
12. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 9 , further comprising:
instructions to receive updated information for the second network on a condition that the mobile device associates with a second base station.