Patent ID: 8755787
Filing Date: 2014-06-17
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
1. An apparatus configured to facilitate a soft hand-off in wireless communications, comprising: (a) a plurality of low power radio systems, each including: (b) a controller, physically connected to each wake-up receiver to receive signals therefrom and further connected to each two-way wireless communications device to effect two-way communication therethrough, wherein the controller is adapted to select one of the plurality of two-way wireless communication devices for external two-way wireless communications, the selection being made on the basis of an electronic signal received from at least one of the plurality of wake-up receivers, and the selection being made based on a determination, informed by monitoring, that one of the low power radio systems is more reliable than another of the low power radio systems; (c) wherein the controller is adapted to wirelessly transmit data via the selected two-way wireless communications device; (d) wherein one of the wake-up receivers is adapted to transmit an electronic signal only upon receiving a wake-up signal that includes a class designation corresponding to the apparatus.