Patent ID: 7024222
Filing Date: 2006-04-04
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for connecting a data communication interface to receive data comprising: (a) a first electronics circuit, for receiving data from the first wireless data communication path; (b) a second electronics circuit, for receiving data from the second wireless data communication path, the second wireless data communication path providing wider coverage and a slower communication rate than the first wireless data communication path; (c) a detector, for determining if a selected one of the first wireless data communication path or the second wireless data communication path is not an available communication path, and for determining that the other one of the first wireless communication path or the second wireless communication path is an available communication path; (d) a switch, for connecting the available communication path to the data communication interface; and (e) a controller, for controlling the unavailable wireless communication path to appear as though bandwidth is continuously available to a communication session, even when it is actually not an available communication path.