Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Inter-controller roam management and prediction for voice communications
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Application No.: US14151788Application Date: 2014-01-09
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Publication No.: US08903381B2Publication Date: 2014-12-02
- Inventor: Sumit Garg , Ratul Mahajan
- Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
- Applicant Address: US WA Redmond
- Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
- Current Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US WA Redmond
- Agent Andrew Smith; Alin Corie; Micky Minhas
- Main IPC: H04W4/00
- IPC: H04W4/00 ; H04W36/00 ; H04W12/06 ; H04W36/08 ; H04W36/10

Abstract:
A mobile device roaming architecture for use with a mobile device, such as a cellular phone, roaming a WiFi network. In instances where the mobile device attempts to roam to a different wireless access point managed by a controller using a different authentication key, the roam process can be excessively long such that the voice signal is disrupted or fails entirely. A detection component detects the roaming attempt, and a connection component switches the call back to the original access point controller before the call has a chance to drop. In this way, a connection is maintained to the network. A mitigation component performs an operation to maintain a connection to the call as the mobile device moves out of range of the original access point.
Public/Granted literature
- US20140113623A1 INTER-CONTROLLER ROAM MANAGEMENT AND PREDICTION FOR VOICE COMMUNICATIONS Public/Granted day:2014-04-24
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