Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Client-based access network handover
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Application No.: US15150209Application Date: 2016-05-09
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Publication No.: US10178591B2Publication Date: 2019-01-08
- Inventor: Andrew Wahlon Lam , Sameh El-Gawady , Vered Ben-Anat , Mauricio Pati Caldeira de Andrada
- Applicant: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
- Applicant Address: US NJ Basking Ridge
- Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
- Current Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US NJ Basking Ridge
- Main IPC: H04W36/14
- IPC: H04W36/14 ; H04L29/06 ; H04W36/00 ; H04W84/04

Abstract:
A method including determining that a device is connected to a first communication network; establishing, via the first communication network, a multimedia session with the device serving as a first endpoint of the multimedia session via the first communication network; determining that the device is connected to a second communication network while the multimedia session is ongoing, wherein the second communication network is different than the first communication network; requesting via the second communication network, in response to determining that the device is connected to the second communication network while the multimedia session is ongoing, that the first endpoint of the multimedia session be replaced with the device serving as a second endpoint of the multimedia session via the second communication network; and continuing, after the request that the first endpoint of the multimedia session be replaced, the multimedia session via the second communication network.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170325142A1 CLIENT-BASED ACCESS NETWORK HANDOVER Public/Granted day:2017-11-09
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