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System and method for servicing communications using both fixed and mobile wireless networks

a fixed wireless network and communication technology, applied in the field of mobile network relay devices, can solve the problems of reducing the usefulness of these devices, consuming far more power, and devices cannot use bluetooth® protocols to access network resources in a mobile environment that extends beyond the short range of their range, so as to achieve the effect of greatly reducing the power consumption of mobile devices

Inactive Publication Date: 2008-02-14
AVAGO TECH WIRELESS IP SINGAPORE PTE
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This solution enables continuous connectivity and reduced power consumption for mobile devices by allowing seamless handoffs between overlapping wireless networks, maintaining communication quality and extending battery life while minimizing power usage.

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However, these devices cannot use the Bluetooth® protocol to access network resources in a mobile environment that extends beyond the short range of their digital radio systems.
Thus, most mobile systems rely on wider range cell networks that consume far more power than Bluetooth® systems.
This higher level of power consumption reduces the usefulness of these devices by negatively impacting the battery life of the device.

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[0029] Preferred embodiments of the present invention are illustrated in the FIGs, like numerals being used to refer to like and corresponding parts of the various drawings.

[0030]FIG. 1A provides a system overview in which WLANs serve fixed locations, such as those tied to building 102 and building 104, and mobile locations such as vehicle 106. Building 102 has at least one Wireless Access Point (AP) 108 which enables Personal Data Assistants (PDAs), telephone handsets, laptops, mobile computing devices and other wireless devices to interface with WLAN 110. This WLAN may connect to Wide Area Network (WAN) 112 such as the Internet or other like WANs known to those skilled in the art. Similarly, building 104 has AP 114 used to serve wireless devices within coverage area 116. As shown in callout 118, a wireless AP 120 within vehicle 106 may serve wireless handset 122, PDA 124, laptop 126 or other wireless devices as known to those skilled in the art. The coverage area of WLAN 128 serv...

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Mobile wireless device(s) roam within and between premises and a vehicle or other mobile platform and interface to wireless local area networks within the premises or vehicle. When using the intra-vehicular network, a communication relay within the vehicle routes communications from the wireless device to a wide area wireless network such as cellular network or satellite network. This allows the power consumption of the mobile wireless device to be greatly reduced as the mobile device need only communicate with the local intra-vehicular WLAN. The vehicle acts as the power supply for the relay. When the coverage area of the intra-vehicular WLAN overlaps that of another WLAN, seamless handoff allows continuous data or voice connectivity between the overlapping wireless networks.

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RELATED APPLICATIONS [0001] This application claims priority to and is a continuation of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 10 / 673,876, entitled “SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SERVICING COMMUNICATIONs USING BOTH FIXED AND MOBILE WIRELESS NETWORKS,” filed Sep. 29, 2003, which is incorporated herein by reference for all purposes.TECHNICAL FIELD [0002] The present invention relates generally to mobile wireless devices, and more particularly to a mobile network relay device that allows wireless communication devices adapted to a first local wireless network to interface with a second wireless network. BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION [0003] Communication technologies that network electronic devices are well known. Examples of those technologies include: wired packet data networks; wireless packet data networks; wired telephone networks; and satellite communication networks, among others. These communication networks typically include a network infrastructure that services a plurality of client devices...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(United States)
IPC IPC(8): H04Q7/24H04L12/28H04L12/56H04M1/72412H04M1/73H04W84/12H04W88/04H04W88/06H04W88/16H04W92/02
CPCH04M1/7253H04M2250/02H04W52/0229H04W52/0274H04W92/02H04W88/04H04W88/06H04W88/16H04W84/12Y02D30/70H04M1/72412
Inventor MORTON, PAUL
Owner AVAGO TECH WIRELESS IP SINGAPORE PTE
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