Vertical Hand-Off for Mobile Wireless
Wi-Fi Networking News: Vertical Handoff Has Liftoff:
A press release (not included on this site) says that TeliaSonera, Ericsson, Radionet, and the Helsinki University of Technology have demonstrated a seamless handoff across commercial networks. The benefits they cite are absolutely the case: users want uninterrupted services and no monkeying around.
Note that
the article’s links
all point to Finnish-language web sites.
The article (by Glenn Fleishman) continues:
Interestingly, if you use NetMotion Wireless software, you can achieve most of this effect today. While you’re responsible as a user for changing your connectivity, the NetMotion client and server software maintain the persistent state of the Internet connection.
