US 11,678,232 B1
Continuous wireless communication systems and associated methods
Kevin E. Mahoney, Longmont, CO (US); Stephen Glennon, Lafayette, CO (US); and Stephen Arendt, Longmont, CO (US)
Assigned to Cable Television Laboratories, Inc., Louisville, CO (US)
Filed by Cable Television Laboratories, Inc., Louisville, CO (US)
Filed on Jan. 18, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/151,284.
Application 17/151,284 is a continuation of application No. 16/425,575, filed on May 29, 2019, granted, now 10,897,727.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/701,970, filed on Jul. 23, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/678,104, filed on May 30, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/677,423, filed on May 29, 2018.
Int. Cl. H04W 36/00 (2009.01); H04W 36/30 (2009.01); H04W 84/12 (2009.01)
CPC H04W 36/0055 (2013.01) [H04W 36/30 (2013.01); H04W 84/12 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for providing continuous wireless communication service, comprising:
receiving a probe request from a first user equipment (UE) station;
in response to receiving the probe request from the first UE station, transmitting a first UniCast beacon from a first wireless termination point (WTP) to the first UE station;
after transmitting the first UniCast beacon to the first UE station, handing off the first UE station from the first WTP to a second WTP;
transmitting a second UniCast beacon from the second WTP to the first UE station, each of the first and second UniCast beacons including a common first basic service set identifier (BSSID);
operating the first WTP on a first wireless channel;
operating the second WTP on a second wireless channel different from the first wireless channel; and
including a channel switch announcement in the second UniCast beacon, the channel switch announcement announcing a change from the first wireless channel to the second wireless channel.