Toler Law Group
System and method to assign an internet protocol address to a mobile device during a handoff
A method includes receiving, at a mobile device during a first association with a first access point (AP), a first internet protocol (IP) address assigned by a dynamic host configuration protocol (DHCP) server. The method also includes, based on handoff of the mobile device from the first AP to a second AP, sending an association request from the mobile device to the second AP. The association request includes the first IP address. The method further includes receiving the first IP address at the mobile device during a second association with the second AP, the first IP address reassigned to the mobile device by the second AP.
QUALCOMM Incorporated
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George Santosh Paul
Cherian Abraham