Patent ID: 9473999
Filing Date: 2016-10-18
CPC Classification: H04W

Claim Text:
1. A method of managing a communication in a wireless communication network, the method comprising: analyzing a usage pattern of a wireless device in the wireless communication network over a period of time, utilizing a processor coupled to the wireless communication network; monitoring, as it occurs, an actual communication path of the wireless device in the wireless communication network; generating a predicted communication path in the wireless communication network for managing vertical handoffs between nodes in the wireless communication network for the wireless device in the actual communication path, wherein the predicted communication path is based on a use time and location of mobile device in the actual communication path and as a historical daily usage pattern of the wireless device; predicting a decreased signal quality segment in a link in the predicted communication path in the wireless communication network based on the usage pattern, utilizing the processor, wherein the predicted decreased signal quality segment comprises one or more of a location estimate and a time estimate of the usage pattern of the wireless device; and controlling a vertical handoff of the wireless device in the actual communication path based on the predicted decreased signal quality segment, utilizing the processor, such that the actual communication path differs from the predicted communication path by avoiding the decreased signal quality segment.