US 12,015,961 B2
Enhanced mobile device connectivity between wireless networks
Michael R. Kahn, Cherry Hill, NJ (US); Linh Nguyen, Broomall, PA (US); John D. Ogden, Media, PA (US); Ramesh Manikandan Kumarasamy, Upper Chichester, PA (US); and Dave Scott Swingle, Moorestown, NJ (US)
Assigned to ARRIS ENTERPRISES LLC, Horsham, PA (US)
Filed by ARRIS Enterprises LLC, Suwanee, GA (US)
Filed on Apr. 27, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/241,341.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/036,111, filed on Jun. 8, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2021/0385721 A1, Dec. 9, 2021
Int. Cl. H04W 36/30 (2009.01); H04W 36/00 (2009.01); H04W 36/32 (2009.01)
CPC H04W 36/32 (2013.01) [H04W 36/00835 (2018.08); H04W 36/00837 (2018.08); H04W 36/008375 (2023.05)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A mobile device for enhanced wireless network connectivity comprising:
a user interface;
a hardware processor; and
a non-transitory memory configured to store one or more programs, the hardware processor executes the one or more programs to:
store a map of wireless networks received from a server;
calculate a route of travel for the mobile device;
determine a list of access points for the wireless networks connectable to the mobile device based on the map and the route of travel;
calculate a cost function for each of the access points on the list based on optimization factors including signal strength, available bandwidth, connection times, and connections costs at the connection times;
create a schedule for connecting the mobile device to the access points for the wireless networks based on locations of the mobile device along the route of travel and the cost function related to connecting to each of the access points at each of the locations;
connect the mobile device to a first one of the access points along the route of travel based on the schedule; and
switch sequentially from the first one of the access points to a next one of the access points on the schedule so the mobile device is connected to at least one of the wireless networks while moving along the route of travel.