Invention Grant
- Patent Title: System and method for Wi-Fi roaming
- Patent Title (中): 用于Wi-Fi漫游的系统和方法
-
Application No.: US12859964Application Date: 2010-08-20
-
Publication No.: US08553662B2Publication Date: 2013-10-08
- Inventor: John Anthony Chen , Brian Coughlin , Geoff Filippi , Dave Hawkins
- Applicant: John Anthony Chen , Brian Coughlin , Geoff Filippi , Dave Hawkins
- Applicant Address: US NY New York
- Assignee: Time Warner Cable Inc.
- Current Assignee: Time Warner Cable Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US NY New York
- Agency: The Marbury Law Group, PLLC
- Main IPC: H04W4/00
- IPC: H04W4/00 ; H04W36/00

Abstract:
Systems and methods for Wi-Fi roaming. A gateway supports both a local access point (AP) and a virtual AP. The local AP is accessible only to an “owner” of the gateway. The virtual AP (VAP) is accessible to devices associated with the owner of the gateway and to roaming Wi-Fi devices. A datastore conveys information about the roaming Wi-Fi devices to the VAP to permit them to access the VAP without the need for manual configuration of the VAP. A roaming Wi-Fi device may communicate with a gateway via a tunnel to maintain session connectivity during roaming. A session may be initiated on one network, such as a Wi-Fi network or a cellular network, handed off to another network, such as a cellular network or a Wi-Fi network, and then returned to network on which the session was initiated.
Public/Granted literature
- US20120044914A1 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR WI-FI ROAMING Public/Granted day:2012-02-23
Information query