Process and communication system for establishing fast intermittent connections between a moving system and external access points

Filali, Fethi
European Patent EP20090368015, 1 December 2010

A process for establishing fast intermittent connections between a moving system and external Access points, said moving system comprising aWireless infrastructure Database of available Access Points, said process involving the steps of:

- establishing a first infrastructure connection between said moving system and one access point, allowing one application running into said moving system to get intermittent access to the Internet network;

- establishing a second adhoc connection between said moving system and a counterpart second moving system;

- exchanging information/data with said second moving system relative to infrastructure parameters regarding available Access Points to be used for a subsequent infrastructure connection between said moving system and another one of said external Access Points which may be used by said application.

In one embodiment, the first infrastructure connection at said moving system uses a first radio interface and said second adhoc connection uses a second radio interface. Alternatively, a same radio interface of the moving system may be switched between the infrastructure and adhoc mode. 

 

Type:
Patent
Date:
2009-04-01
Department:
Communication systems
Eurecom Ref:
2784
Copyright:
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