Patent ID: 9226181
Filing Date: 2015-12-29
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
1. A method of transferring security event data over one of a plurality of cellular networks of different cellular carriers, comprising: setting, at a control panel of a security system, a minimum acceptable signal quality connection criteria for a connection between a fixed cellular radio transceiver and a cellular network receiver for a cellular carrier, wherein the minimum acceptable signal quality connection criteria is determined by a software application executed by a processor of the control panel; determining a signal quality for a connection between the fixed cellular radio transceiver and each of a plurality of cellular network receivers for the different cellular carriers; connecting the fixed cellular radio transceiver to a cellular network receiver for a first cellular carrier exhibiting an acceptable signal quality; connecting the fixed cellular radio transceiver to a cellular network receiver for an alternate cellular carrier exhibiting an acceptable signal quality when a connection to the first cellular carrier cannot be established; and transmitting security event data from the fixed cellular radio transceiver to a remote central monitoring facility over a cellular network for the cellular carrier to which the fixed cellular radio transceiver is connected.