Patent ID: 9642055
Date: 2017-05-02
CPC Classifications: H04W

Claim:
1. A method for switching between wireless networks, comprising: creating a virtual wireless adapter by splitting a wireless local area network (WLAN) stack into two or more virtual stacks, a first virtual stack of the two or more virtual stacks to maintain a first wireless connection and a second virtual stack of the two or more virtual stacks to initiate the second wireless connection; maintaining the first wireless connection with a first wireless network using the first virtual stack; initiating the second wireless connection with a second wireless network using the second virtual stack while maintaining the first wireless connection; verifying quality of the second wireless connection; in response to verifying the quality of the second wireless connection, transitioning at least one application from the first virtual stack to the second virtual stack, and disconnecting the first wireless connection with the first wireless network; and utilizing the second wireless connection with the second wireless network.