Patent ID: 8630236
Filing Date: 2014-01-14
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
1. A non-transitory computer-readable storage device, comprising executable instructions which, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising: detecting registration of a mobile voice over internet protocol communication device with a voice over internet protocol call processing system by way of a wireless fidelity access point operating in a cluster of wireless fidelity access points each of the wireless fidelity access points having cell coverage area; enabling a timer having a period determined from an average number of times the mobile voice over internet protocol communication device departs from the cluster of wireless fidelity access points to reduce consumption of resources of the system; submitting by way of the wireless fidelity access point a re-registration request to the mobile voice over internet protocol communication device responsive to an expiration of the timer; and collecting another attribute of the mobile voice over internet protocol communication device to determine the period of the timer, wherein the attribute comprises an average time the mobile voice over internet protocol communication device operates in a portion of the cluster of wireless fidelity access points over a predetermined period of time, and an average number of directed to the mobile voice over internet protocol communication device by other communication devices over another predetermined period of time.