Patent ID: 9042935
Filing Date: 2015-05-26
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
1. One or more computer-readable storage media storing computer-readable instructions that when executed by a processor of a computer cause the computer to perform a method, comprising: monitoring a location of a mobile device that has both cellular wireless capabilities and non-cellular wireless capabilities, the cellular wireless capabilities utilizing a first set of radio channels and the non-cellular wireless capabilities utilizing a second different set of radio channels; obtaining a distance between the location of the mobile device and a location of a wireless access point; selecting an individual radio channel from the second different set of radio channels upon which the mobile device can communicate with the wireless access point; determining, based upon the distance, a transmission power for the mobile device to communicate with the wireless access point on the individual radio channel; and, causing the mobile device to attempt to offload at least some data communication from the cellular capabilities to the individual radio channel at the transmission power.