Abstract: An example computing device includes: a wireless communications interface configured to connect to a network deployed by a plurality of access points; a controller for the wireless communications interface, the controller configured to: detect a roaming condition that initiates a roam from a home access point to a new access point; in response to the roaming condition, send a pause indicator to a second computing device, the pause indicator configured to cause the second computing device to pause a packet exchange with the computing device; roam to the new access point; and resume the packet exchange between the computing device and the second computing device via the new access point.

Abstract: A mobile computing device comprising: a wireless communications interface configured to connect to a network deployed by a plurality of access points; a short-range wireless communications interface configured to communicate with one or more nearby computing devices; a processor interconnected with the wireless communications interface and the short-range wireless communications interface, the processor configured to: obtain, from the one or more nearby computing devices via the short-range wireless communications interface, a list of potential access points, wherein each potential access point comprises one of the plurality of access points by which a respective nearby computing device is connected to the network; select one of the potential access points as a target access point, wherein the target access point is different from a home access point to which the wireless communications interface is currently connected; and control the wireless communications interface to roam to the selected target access po