Patent ID: 8428601
Filing Date: 2013-04-23
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: receiving, by a gateway device from a mobile device, a request to handoff, from a first network for implementing a first technology to a second network for implementing a second technology that differs from the first technology, a communication session associated with the mobile device; wherein the gateway device is configured to implement handoff standards for at least the first and second technologies and is further configured to interface with the first network and the second network; establishing, by the gateway device, a communication channel with the mobile device through the first network; receiving, through the communication channel by the gateway device, session information for the communication session; registering, by the gateway device based on the session information, the mobile device with the second network; and enabling, based on registering the mobile device with the second network and by the gateway device, the handoff of the communication session from the first network to the second network.