US 12,483,955 B2
Method and device for switching a Wi-Fi connection
Jean-Michel Bonnamy, Chatillon (FR); and Olivier Rabin, Chatillon (FR)
Assigned to ORANGE, Issy-les-Moulineaux (FR)
Filed by ORANGE, Issy-les-Moulineaux (FR)
Filed on Jun. 20, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/337,701.
Claims priority of application No. 2206068 (FR), filed on Jun. 21, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0413140 A1, Dec. 21, 2023
Int. Cl. H04W 4/00 (2018.01); H04W 36/08 (2009.01); H04W 36/32 (2009.01); H04W 4/02 (2018.01); H04W 4/029 (2018.01); H04W 4/33 (2018.01); H04W 84/12 (2009.01)
CPC H04W 36/08 (2013.01) [H04W 36/322 (2023.05); H04W 4/023 (2013.01); H04W 4/029 (2018.02); H04W 4/33 (2018.02); H04W 84/12 (2013.01)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for switching a connection of a mobile Wi-Fi station from a first access point of a plurality of Wi-Fi access points to a second access point of the plurality of Wi-Fi access points, the method being implemented by a device and comprising:
establishing a logic link between the station and a carrier of the station, on the basis of a comparison between a first position of the carrier and at least one value in relation to a signal transmitted by the station;
performing a switching decision on the basis of a second position of the carrier; and
maintaining the connection of the mobile Wi-Fi station to the first access point or switching the connection of the mobile Wi-Fi station to the second access point based on the decision.