Patent ID: 8213388
Filing Date: 2012-07-03
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
1. A device comprising: a wireless interface to exchange wireless signals with a first access point of multiple access points in at least one network connection; and a handover controller to utilize a route profile configured to identify locations of the multiple access points distributed over a route that are capable of supporting the network connection, where the handover controller is configured to monitor signal strength of wireless signals from the multiple access points, and to determine whether to handover the network connection to a second access point of the multiple access points based, at least in part, on the monitored signal strength of the wireless signals from the first and second access points and the route profile as the device travels along the route, and where the handover controller is configured to identify expected signal strength fluctuations proximate to the first access point based on the route profile, and to maintain an association with the first access point as the device passes through the signal strength fluctuations.