Patent ID: 8121648

Claim:
A method for use in operating a wireless access point for serving as a handoff indication mechanism in a first wireless network, the handoff indication mechanism being configured to communicate handoff indications in response to mobile communication devices leaving coverage of the first wireless network, via a radio frequency (RF) coverage region of the wireless access point, for mobile device handoff to a second wireless network, the method comprising: providing the wireless access point in an ingress or egress region of the first wireless network; receiving, by the wireless access point, RF signals from one or more communication devices, and determining and setting wireless transceiver parameters of the wireless access point for adjusting boundaries of the RF coverage region of the wireless access point; and operating the wireless access point with the adjusted RF coverage region to serve as part of the handoff indication mechanism in the first wireless network, so that the handoff indications are communicated in response to the mobile communication devices leaving coverage of the first wireless network, via the adjusted RF coverage region, for mobile device handoff to the second wireless network.