Patent ID: 8190161

Claim:
In a communication device, a method for performing a communication hand-off, the method comprising: communicating with a first access point of a communication network utilizing a first number of transceivers including utilizing a first transceiver and a second transceiver to communicate with the first access point and not with the second access point; while communicating with the first access point, determining to perform a hand-off from the first access point to a second access point of a communication network; and after determining to perform the hand-off and before completing the hand-off simultaneously communicating with the first access point utilizing a second number of transceivers, the second number different from the first number, and communicating with the second access point utilizing a third number of transceivers, including simultaneously: communicating with the first access point and not with the second access point utilizing the first transceiver; and communicating with the second access point and not with the first access point utilizing the second transceiver.