Patent ID: 7515909
Filing Date: 2009-04-07
Classification: H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A mobile communications device, comprising: a processor configured to establish a network connection with a server in a first network while supporting a call over a second network; and a transceiver configured to establish a radio connection with an access point to support the network connection and provide information received from the server to the processor, the information relating to the network connection, including information related to loading on the access point; wherein the processor is further configured to measure at least one of delay, jitter, packet loss, or data error rate over the network connection in the forward direction and to determine whether the loading on the access point exceeds an access point load threshold, prior to determining whether to handoff the call to the first network based on the determination of whether the access point load threshold is exceeded and, if the threshold is not exceeded, then based on both the information received from the server and said at least one measurement.