Patent ID: 9467923
Filing Date: 2016-10-11
CPC Classification: H04W

Claim Text:
1. A method, comprising: determining to pre-arrange, by a second communication network, a hand-off of communication with a mobile communication device from a first communication network to the second communication network responsive to a predicted travel path of the mobile communication device, a coverage area of the first communication network and a coverage area of the second communication networks positioned along the predicted travel path of the mobile communication device; responsive to determining to pre-arrange the hand-off and prior to the mobile communication device moving into the coverage area of the second communication network, sending, by the second communication network directly to the mobile communication device, a communication parameter for the second communication network to the mobile communication device to facilitate the hand-off, where the mobile communication device has allocated communication resources to listening for communications from the second communication network responsive to a computed probability that the mobile communication device enters the coverage area of the second communication network; and when the mobile communication device is within the coverage area of the second communication network, initiating, by the second communication network, the hand-off in response to a triggering event.