Method for selecting an air interface using an access list on a multi-mode wireless device

a multi-mode wireless device and access list technology, applied in the field of wireless communication, can solve the problems of user without mobile phone use, multi-mode mobile device may take an exceptionally long time to search through the available wireless technologies, and achieve the effect of reducing the time to connect to the network

Inactive Publication Date: 2007-11-01
KYOCERA CORP
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[0010] Advantageously, the present invention efficiently identifies a desirable network according to specific application requirem

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However, the user has been without mobile phone usage for some time, and may become impatient with the long “searching” indicator on the mobile phone.
In such a multi-mode envi

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[0017] Referring now to FIG. 1, a system for selecting an air interface for a multi-mode mobile device is illustrated. System 10 has wireless subscriber device 12 structured and configured to operate on one of multiple wireless technologies. Accordingly, device 12 is a multi-mode mobile device. In any given location, more than one of its supported wireless technologies may be available, and therefore, the multi-mode wireless device 12 intelligently and adaptively selects which available wireless technology to use. For example, FIG. 1 shows that mobile device 12 is in range of CDMA basestation 20, GSM basestation 24, and WiFi access point 28. Depending on the specific application the device is to perform, the device may connect to a different basestation and a different wireless technology. If the mobile device 12 desires to make a high quality voice call, then device 12 may prefer to connect to CDMA basestation 20. Alternatively, if device 12 desires to receive high-bandwidth stream...

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Application-specific access lists are provided for a multimode mobile wireless device. The multimode mobile device has an access list for each wireless technology. Typically, these technology specific access lists are standard for each technology, and are provided by a service provider or the manufacturer of the multimode mobile device. For each application the multimode wireless device is a likely to operate, an application-specific access list is generated. The application-specific access list ranks the wireless technologies according to its relative desirability for the application. In this way, when the multimode mobile device request an application, the application-specific access list may be used to efficiently acquire a network preferred for that particular application. The application-specific access lists may be updated from time to time as applications are added or changed, as technology specific access lists are updated, or as geographic location changes.

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FIELD OF THE INVENTION [0001] The present invention relates generally to wireless communications, and more specifically to selecting an air interface system using a searchable access list. BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION [0002] Wireless subscriber devices are widely used and have become an essential aspect of modern life. Wireless subscriber devices such as pagers, mobile phones, PDA's (personal data assistants) are used for work, for personal activities, and as a way to keep in contact with friends and family. Often these devices are used to enable voice communications. Increasingly, however, these devices are used to share data messages without initiating a voice communication. These data messages may be for example, text messages, image files, video files, or audio files. As the functionality of these devices increases, their use and acceptance continues to expand. Further, users have become more reliant upon their wireless devices, and therefore demand high quality service and perfo...

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IPC IPC(8): G06F15/16H04W8/18H04W48/18H04W88/06
CPCH04W8/183H04W88/06H04W48/18
Inventor DUNN, DOUGLAS L.CHANG, HENRY S.
Owner KYOCERA CORP
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