Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Method and apparatus for providing notification of a network access technology switching event
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Application No.: US14403336Application Date: 2012-05-30
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Publication No.: US09642051B2Publication Date: 2017-05-02
- Inventor: Tatu Juhana Lund , Teemu Ilmari Savolainen
- Applicant: Tatu Juhana Lund , Teemu Ilmari Savolainen
- Applicant Address: FI Espoo
- Assignee: Nokia Technologies Oy
- Current Assignee: Nokia Technologies Oy
- Current Assignee Address: FI Espoo
- Agency: Alston & Bird LLP
- International Application: PCT/IB2012/052725 WO 20120530
- International Announcement: WO2013/179092 WO 20131205
- Main IPC: H04W12/08
- IPC: H04W12/08 ; H04W36/00 ; H04M1/725 ; H04W88/06

Abstract:
A method and apparatus are provided for providing notification of a network access technology switching event. A method may include determining, at a communication device having an established connection to a network via a first network access technology and serving as a gateway to the network for a served device, that the connection between the communication device and the network is to be switched from the first network access technology to a second network access technology. The method may further include, responsive to the determination, causing a notification indicating that the served device will experience a network service disconnection to be provided prior to the connection between the communication device and the network being switched from the first network access technology to a second network access technology. A corresponding apparatus is also provided.
Public/Granted literature
- US20150172968A1 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING NOTIFICATION OF A NETWORK ACCESS TECHNOLOGY SWITCHING EVENT Public/Granted day:2015-06-18
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