Patent ID: 8879508
Filing Date: 2014-11-04
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
1. A method for facilitating inter-technology handoff from a home wireless network, comprising: using a single radio frequency (RF) chain of a user equipment (UE) for: establishing, between the UE and the home wireless network, a data session associated with a persistent always ON application; comparing a parameter of a home signal associated with the home wireless network to a threshold; upon detecting that the home signal is less than the threshold, throttling the persistent always ON application, wherein throttling the persistent always ON application comprises temporarily preventing the UE from attempting to transmit data associated with the always ON application; and attempting to acquire a first alternative signal acceptable to the persistent always ON application from a first alternative wireless network, wherein the home wireless network and the first alternative wireless network communicate according to different access technologies, and wherein the throttling persists until the first alternative signal acceptable to the persistent always ON application is acquired.