Patent ID: 8374153
Filing Date: 2013-02-12
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
1. A method for facilitating mobility between multiple communication networks comprising: collecting dynamic information at a local network device from mobile devices operating in a communication network using an access technology wherein the information corresponding to the mobile devices at different times during operation of the communication network, wherein dynamic information corresponding to each mobile device includes wireless measurement information and mobile device location; sending, to a neighboring network information server for access by at least one other communication network using a different access technology, the dynamic information collected and statistical information generated from the collected dynamic information; collecting additional dynamic information at the local network device from at least one wireless network nodes wherein the additional dynamic information indicates one of a loading level and a loading distribution that corresponds to the at least one wireless network node of the communication network for at least one of a particular time and a particular period of time; sending, to the neighboring network information server for access by at least one other communication network, the additional dynamic information collected and additional statistical information generated from the collected additional dynamic information; and using the dynamic neighboring network information, the statistical neighboring network information, the additional dynamic information and the additional statistical information by the at least one other communication network using a different access technology to improve a handover decision making from the communication network using an access technology to another communication network using a different access technology.