Patent ID: 7146186
Filing Date: 2006-12-05
Classification: H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method for re-routing communications based on link quality, comprising: establishing a first wireless communication link and a second wireless communication link with a mobile station, the first wireless communication link included in a first communication path used for communications between the mobile station and a destination device, the second wireless communication link included in a second communication path used for communications between the mobile station and the destination device; monitoring, from the mobile station, the link quality of the first wireless link; determining, at the mobile station, that the link quality of the first communication link has decreased below a low link quality threshold; using a router at the mobile station, routing communications between the mobile station and the destination device to the second communication path that includes the second wireless communication link to the mobile station, the second communication path selected by the router based on an instantaneous internetwork topology and one or more routing metrics.