Patent ID: 8929909
Filing Date: 2015-01-06
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
1. A method for proactively establishing associations of a netsurfing end-system having a home Integrated Access Device (IAD) to at least one shared IAD and/or at least one application service, prior to a handover of said netsurfing end-system between IADs or between application services, comprising: checking for a signal indicating that the netsurfing system may perform a handover within a given time t1>0 to either a shared IAD and/or to a network application service different from an IAD or application currently being used by the netsurfing end-system; in response to receiving said signal, and prior to any handover operation, establishing an association of at least one shared IAD and/or network application service with said netsurfing end-system via said home IAD; whereby a time required to complete handovers of said netsurfing end-system between shared IADs or network application services is reduced relative to a time required to complete such handovers without such pre-handover associations.