Patent ID: 9232567
Filing Date: 2016-01-05
CPC Classification: H04L,H04N,H04W

Claim Text:
1. A method of operating a gateway device supporting handoff of at least one access device between a wide area network and one of: a personal area network and a wireless local area network using simulcasting of multimedia information, the method comprising: receiving, from the wide area network via a broadband network, multimedia information sent wirelessly from the wide area network to the at least one access device; sending multimedia information received at the gateway device via the broadband network to the at least one access device via the one of: the personal area network and the wireless local area network; receiving simulcast call information from the at least one access device via the one of: the personal area network and the wireless local area network; determining that the access device is currently within range of the one of: the personal area network and the wireless local area network, and in response initiating discontinuation of simulcasting between the wide area network and the at least one access device by transmitting a message to the at least one access device and the wide area network; and determining that the access device has migrated out of range of the one of: the personal area network and the wireless local area network, and in response reinitiating simulcasting between the wide area network and the at least one access device by transmitting a message to the at least one mobile access device and the wide area network, wherein the gateway device is arranged to be locally coupled to the one of the personal area network or the wireless local area network and communicatively coupled to the wireless wide area network via the broadband network.