Seamless Enterprise and Consumer Mobility Handover
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Solution Overview
Problem
Traditional wireless communication systems face challenges with limited coverage areas and poor signal penetration in buildings, leading to service disruptions and quality issues when users move between different physical environments.
Innovation Solution
The implementation of seamless enterprise and consumer mobility systems that manage network connections between different types of networks, using multi-mode handsets to detect signal strength and quality, and automatically hand over ongoing communications from one network to another to maintain continuous service.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If wireless communication is used to provide mobile coverage, then user mobility and convenience are improved, but service availability deteriorates outside pre-selected service areas or inside buildings
Solution Approach 1:
The system enables a single communication device to operate across multiple network types (cellular and Wi-Fi) by implementing multi-mode capability. The handset can seamlessly switch between circuit-switched cellular networks and packet-switched Wi-Fi networks, making the communication system universal across different physical environments including outdoor areas, indoor locations, and buildings with poor cellular signal penetration
Solution Approach 2:
The system introduces a network selection module that acts as an intermediary between the communication device and different network types. This module monitors signal conditions and automatically hands over ongoing communications between cellular and Wi-Fi networks, ensuring continuous service availability without user intervention when moving between different physical environments
2Area of stationary object
If cellular service is extended to cover remote areas, then user coverage is improved, but service cost increases significantly
Solution Approach 1:
The communication device is equipped with multi-mode capability allowing it to function on both cellular networks for wide-area coverage and Wi-Fi networks for local-area coverage. This enables the system to extend effective service coverage to remote areas by switching to Wi-Fi when available, avoiding the need for expensive cellular infrastructure expansion while maintaining broad geographic accessibility
3Speed
If electromagnetic signals are used for wireless communication, then communication speed is improved, but signal penetration through building walls deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The network selection module serves as an intermediary that detects when cellular signals are blocked by building structures and automatically hands over the communication to available Wi-Fi networks. This mediation ensures continuous high-speed communication inside buildings by switching to the appropriate network based on real-time signal conditions without requiring users to manually intervene
4Reliability
If landline telephone systems are used in office environments, then service reliability is improved, but device mobility and versatility deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The system implements multi-mode handsets that can operate on both cellular and Wi-Fi networks, providing landline-quality reliable communication when connected to Wi-Fi in office environments while maintaining full cellular mobility when needed. The device automatically selects the appropriate network based on location and signal conditions, delivering both stability and versatility in a single unified system
Data Source
AI summary
Tools and techniques for providing seamless enterprise and consumer mobility are described. More particularly, the tools manage network connections between a communications device and two or more networks. A first network has a first type, and a second network has a second type different type than the first network. When the communications device is proximate the first network, a first device detection signal is generated. Also, a first presence signal is associated with the first network, and varies in response to a condition of a connection between the communications device and the first network. The first presence signal indicates whether the condition of the connection permits an ongoing communication to use the first network. When the condition of the connection does not permit the ongoing communication to continue using the first network, the communication is handed over to the second network.