IP Library Granted Patent US 9,622,141
Granted Patent B2
US 9,622,141 · App. 14/376,330 · Granted Apr 11, 2017

Wireless network handover

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Patent No.
US 9,622,141
App. No.
14/376,330
Granted
Apr 11, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method performed under control of a receiver device may include receiving, from a sender device, connection information regarding a first apparatus that is connected to the sender device via a machine-to-machine network between the sender device and the receiver device; and connecting to the first apparatus based at least in part on the received connection information after the sender device is disconnected from the first apparatus.

Claims (47)

1. A method, comprising:

transmitting, by a sender device, connection information regarding a first apparatus that is connected to the sender device, wherein the transmitting by the sender device is to a receiver device that is connected to a second apparatus and wherein the transmitting is via a machine-to-machine network between the sender device and the receiver device;

receiving, by the receiver device, the connection information from the sender device;

receiving, by the first apparatus, device information regarding the receiver device through the sender device;

receiving, by the second apparatus, the connection information from the receiver device before the receiver device connects to the first apparatus;

disconnecting, by the sender device, from the first apparatus;

disconnecting, by the receiver device, from the second apparatus; and

generating, by the first apparatus and the receiver device, a network connection between the first apparatus and the receiver device based at least in part on the connection information regarding the first apparatus and the device information regarding the receiver device,

wherein the first apparatus includes a first base station and the second apparatus includes a second base station.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the connection information regarding the first apparatus includes at least one of channel information, traffic information, a signal strength, frequency spectrum information, or a location of the first apparatus.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the device information regarding the receiver device includes at least one of an identifier of the receiver device, a speed of the receiver device, a moving direction of the receiver device, or a destination of the receiver device.

4. A method performed under control of a receiver device, the method comprising:

receiving, from a sender device, connection information regarding a first apparatus that is connected to the sender device, wherein the connection information is received via a machine-to-machine network between the sender device and the receiver device;

connecting to the first apparatus based at least in part on the received connection information after the sender device is disconnected from the first apparatus;

prior to connecting to the first apparatus, transmitting the received connection information to a second apparatus that is connected to the receiver device;

receiving, from the second apparatus, a command to disconnect from the second apparatus and to connect to the first apparatus; and

disconnecting from the second apparatus,

wherein the first apparatus includes a first base station, and wherein the second apparatus includes a second base station.

5. The method of claim 4 , wherein the connection information regarding the first apparatus includes at least one of channel information, traffic information, a signal strength, frequency spectrum information, or a location of the first apparatus.

6. The method of claim 4 , further comprising:

transmitting, to the sender device, route information of the receiver device,

wherein the route information includes at least one of a moving direction of the receiver device and a speed of the receiver device, and

wherein the reception of the connection information is performed based at least in part on the route information of the receiver device.

7. The method of claim 6 , further comprising:

comparing the connection information regarding the first apparatus with the route information of the receiver device; and

stopping the reception of the connection information regarding the first apparatus, if the connection information regarding the first apparatus does not correspond to the route information of the receiver device.

8. The method of claim 7 , further comprising:

transmitting, to the sender device, the received connection information, if the connection information regarding the first apparatus does not correspond to the route information of the receiver device.

9. A receiver device, comprising:

a receiving unit to receive, from a sender device, connection information regarding a first apparatus that is connected to the sender device, wherein the connection information is received via a machine-to-machine network between the sender device and the receiver device;

a connection control unit to connect to the first apparatus based at least in part on the connection information after the sender device is disconnected from the first apparatus; and

a transmitting unit to transmit the received connection information to a second apparatus that is connected to the receiver device before the connection control unit connects to the first apparatus,

wherein the receiving unit is further to receive, from the second apparatus, a command to disconnect from the second apparatus and to connect to the first apparatus, and the connection control unit is further configured to disconnect from the second apparatus,

wherein the first apparatus includes a first base station, and the second apparatus includes a second base station, and

wherein the connection information includes at least one of channel information, traffic information, a signal strength, frequency spectrum information, or a location of the first apparatus.

10. The receiver device of claim 9 , further comprising:

a determination unit to:

compare the connection information regarding the first apparatus with route information of the receiver device, and

control the receiving unit to stop receiving the connection information regarding the first apparatus, if the connection information regarding the first apparatus does not correspond to the route information of the receiver device,

wherein the route information includes at least one of a moving direction of the receiver device, a speed of the receiver device, or a destination of the receiver device.

11. The receiver device of claim 10 , wherein the determination unit is further to control the transmitting unit to return the received connection information to the sender device, if the connection information regarding the first apparatus does not correspond to the route information of the receiver device.

12. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having stored thereon computer-executable instructions that, in response to execution, cause a receiver device that is connected to a second apparatus to perform operations, comprising:

receiving, from a sender device, connection information regarding a first apparatus that is connected to the sender device, wherein the connection information is received via a machine-to-machine network between the sender device and the receiver device;

receiving, from the second apparatus, a command to disconnect from the second apparatus; and

connecting to the first apparatus based at least in part on the received connection information after the sender device is disconnected from the first apparatus,

wherein the first apparatus includes a first base station, and the second apparatus includes a second base station.

13. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 12 , wherein the connection information regarding the first apparatus includes at least one of channel information, traffic information, a signal strength, frequency spectrum information, or a location of the first apparatus.

Assignments (2)
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Jan 29, 2019
From: EMPIRE TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT LLC
To: CRESTLINE DIRECT FINANCE, L.P.
Reel/Frame 048373/0217 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 7, 2014
From: OH, HYUN OH
To: EMPIRE TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT LLC
Reel/Frame 033484/0227 →