Patent ID: 9014085
Filing Date: 2015-04-21
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
1. A method, comprising: predicting, by a system comprising a processor, an impending reduction in a wireless signal metric for a mobile device operating within a mobile network; identifying, by the system, a Wi-Fi access point device associated with the mobile network and within operating range of the mobile device; and directing, by the system, a data stream associated with communication content to be transmitted concurrently to a base station device of the mobile network and to the Wi-Fi access point device to facilitate transmitting the communication content to the mobile device, at least in response to the predicting the impending reduction in the wireless signal metric, wherein the directing the data stream comprises directing respective copies of a data packet of the communication content to the base station device and to the Wi-Fi access point device to facilitate the transmitting of the communication content to the mobile device.