Patent ID: 8532059
Filing Date: 2013-09-10
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
1. A method of handling a communication session, comprising: at a wireless mobile communications device: receiving an indication of current signal strength of an access point for a wireless local area network (“WLAN”); retrieving a signal strength threshold associated with said access point; if said communication session is currently carried by a cellular network and said current signal strength exceeds said signal strength threshold, attempting to switch said communication session from said cellular network to said WLAN; if said attempting to switch fails, adjusting a failure rate associated with said access point and selectively decreasing said signal strength threshold if said failure rate is below a minimum threshold for said failure rate; wherein said failure rate is based on an average switch failure rate, at said wireless mobile communications device, from said cellular network to said access point of said WLAN within a predefined time window.