Patent ID: 6119006
Filing Date: 2000-09-12
Classification: H04M,H04W

Abstract:
A method for controlling the hand-off of a wireless communication device between a first wireless communication network and a second wireless communication network, comprising:compiling a database of past time-location associations of said wireless communication device within a first region serviced by said first wireless communication network and a second region serviced by said second wireless communication network, wherein said first region and said second region have a predetermined overlapping region;detecting when said wireless communication device is located within said predetermined overlapping region during an active connection;predicting, responsive to said detecting, a future location of said wireless communication device within said first region or said second region during said active connection, wherein said predicting uses said database of past time-location associations;transferring, based on a result of said predicting, said active connection between said one of said first or second wireless communication networks to the other of said first or second wireless communication networks when said wireless communication device is detected as being within said predetermined overlapping region.