Patent ID: 9226201
Filing Date: 2015-12-29
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
1. A method in a wireless local area network (WLAN), the method comprising: receiving, with an access point (AP) controller of the WLAN, a registration from a client terminal to serve as a soft AP in the WLAN; the AP controller sending configuration information for configuring the client terminal as the soft AP in the WLAN; determining, by a radio resource management component of the AP controller, whether a coverage gap exists for a mobile communication device in the WLAN; and in response to determining that the coverage gap exists for the mobile communication device in the WLAN, the AP controller sending a basic service set transition report to the mobile communication device operating in the WLAN, the basic service set transition report including an identification of the client terminal that is serving as the soft AP and is bridged to the WLAN, wherein the mobile communication device is configured to use the basic service set transition report to initiate communication with the client terminal that is serving as the soft AP before initiating a vertical handover to a wireless wide area network (WWAN).