Patent ID: 8351946

Claim:
A device, comprising: a controller to manage operations of a global position receiver to locate a multimode communication device, and a multimode wireless transceiver supporting communications on a plurality of wireless access technologies, wherein the controller is configured to: authenticate the multimode communication device with a first wireless access point; request a first internet protocol address from the first wireless access point according to a dynamic host configuration protocol; receive the first internet protocol address; establish communications with a network management system over the first wireless access point according to the first internet protocol address; monitor a location of the multimode communication device; receive a frequency adjustment request from the network management system; adjust a frequency of monitoring the location of the multimode communication device according to the frequency adjustment request; transmit the location of the multimode communication device to the network management system according to the adjusted frequency of monitoring the location of the multimode communication device; transmit to the network management system the location of the multimode communication device over the first wireless access point; receive over the first wireless access point a second internet protocol address from the network management system in response to a prediction made by the network management system that at least a second wireless access point will be within a first communication range of the multimode communication device while continuing to be within a second communication range of the first wireless access point, wherein the prediction is made by the network management system prior to communications between the multimode communication device and the second wireless access point based on a speed of the multimode communication device, a route of the multimode communication device and locations of a plurality of wireless access points including the second wireless access point, and wherein the prediction is made by the network management system without scanning being performed for the second wireless access point by the multimode communication device, network management system and second wireless access point; detect the second wireless access point; authenticate the multimode communication device with the second wireless access point; and establish communications over the second wireless access point according to the second internet protocol address.