Patent ID: 8571560
Filing Date: 2013-10-29
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
1. A method of operating a wireless communication device, the method comprising: detecting a plurality of beacon signals, wherein each of the plurality of beacon signals is associated with each of a plurality of wireless access nodes; receiving status information from each of the plurality of wireless access nodes, wherein the status information comprises a modulation level of a wireless link associated with each of the plurality of wireless access nodes; determining an application type associated with user communications to be exchanged through the wireless communication device; selecting one of the plurality of access nodes based on the modulation level of the wireless link associated with each of the plurality of wireless access nodes suited for the application type; modulating the user communications based on the modulation level of the wireless link associated with the one of the plurality of wireless access nodes; and exchanging the modulated user communications with the one of the plurality of wireless access nodes.