Inventors:
- Cupertino CA, US
Ajoy K. SINGH - Milpitas CA, US
Christopher M. GARRIDO - San Jose CA, US
Najeeb M. ABDULRAHIMAN - Fremont CA, US
Ming JIN - Cupertino CA, US
Anil G. NAIK - San Jose CA, US
Deepak Chitlur LAKSHMAN - San Jose CA, US
Srinivasan VASUDEVAN - Sunnyvale CA, US
David L. BIDERMAN - San Jose CA, US
Gurtej Singh CHANDOK - Sunnyvale CA, US
Patrick MIAUTON - Redwood City CA, US
Eric A. ALLAMANCHE - Sunnyvale CA, US
International Classification:
H04W 36/00
H04L 29/08
H04W 76/02
Abstract:
Methods and apparatus to manage communication sessions to handover between a direct connection at a secondary wireless device and a relayed connection to the secondary wireless device via a primary wireless device. A connection manager of a secondary wireless device can trigger transfer of a communication session based on measurements of performance metrics for the communication session. Upon detection of performance degradation in a local connection or a backhaul connection or both, the connection manager of the secondary wireless device can determine proximity of and/or capabilities for connections of the primary wireless device and instigate transfer of the communication session between different connection types, such as between a direct connection and a relayed connection. The transfer of the communication session can occur without user intervention or in response to input from the user without interrupting or reestablishing the communication session.