Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices are described for determining a quality estimation of a wireless network that may be used to determine whether a particular wireless network meets one or more criteria for association with a station. The quality estimation may be based on a load quality of a basic service set (BSS) of an available wireless network and/or one or more wide area network (WAN) metrics associated with the wireless network. A station may evaluate such load quality and WAN metrics prior to association, and/or after association with a wireless network.

Abstract: Methods, devices, systems, and non-transitory computer-readable storage media for improving the reception of data at a computing device by proactively utilizing new TCP connections in response to identifying that TCP connections have stalled. In an embodiment, a processor of the computing device may perform operations including monitoring a status of requests via a plurality of TCP connections, identifying a stalled TCP connection having a missing request based on the monitoring, wherein the stalled TCP connection is configured to utilize a first network interface and access a first data source, evaluating other TCP connections to determine whether the other TCP connections stall using the first network interface or when accessing the first data source; identifying a second network interface and a second data source based on the evaluating, and reissuing the missing request with a new TCP connection configured to use the second network interface and access the second data source.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatuses are described for avoiding short-lived wireless connections. In one method, a first connection with a first access point may be used for data transmissions. A motion state of a mobile device may be determined based on sensor data from at least one sensor within the mobile device. A second access point may be identified. A determination may be made to use the second access point for data transmissions based at least in part on the motion state of the mobile device.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices are described for using information relating to a motion state of a mobile device to inform a handover decision of the mobile device. In one aspect, a method may include obtaining motion state information of the mobile device and, based on the motion state information, generating predictive information, for example relating to whether the mobile device is moving out of a network coverage area, such as a WLAN, to a WWAN or another WLAN. The mobile device may then participate in a handover based on the predictive information. In one aspect, the mobile device may participate in the handover prior to disconnection with a serving network and/or prior to a connection quality with the serving network falling below a connection quality threshold.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices are described for determining a quality estimation of a wireless network that may be used to determine whether a particular wireless network meets one or more criteria for association with a station. The quality estimation may be based on a load quality of a basic service set (BSS) of an available wireless network and/or one or more wide area network (WAN) metrics associated with the wireless network. A station may evaluate such load quality and WAN metrics prior to association, and/or after association with a wireless network.

Abstract: A method and apparatus are described including competing by a secondary transmitter with a plurality of secondary nodes in a cognitive radio network to become a relay node for a primary transmitter, the secondary nodes being secondary transmitters and secondary receivers, receiving data transmitted by the primary transmitter in a first time slot if the secondary transmitter was successful in the competition, relaying the received data transmitted by the primary transmitter to a primary receiver in a second time slot, transmitting secondary data to a corresponding secondary receiver in a subslot of the second time slot and transmitting the secondary data to the corresponding secondary receiver in a subslot of the first time slot if the secondary transmitter was not successful in the competition and if the corresponding secondary receiver was successful in the competition.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatuses are described for avoiding short-lived wireless connections. In one method, a first connection with a first access point may be used for data transmissions. A motion state of a mobile device may be determined based on sensor data from at least one sensor within the mobile device. A second access point may be identified. A determination may be made to use the second access point for data transmissions based at least in part on the motion state of the mobile device.

Abstract: A method and apparatus are described including competing by a secondary transmitter with a plurality of secondary nodes in a cognitive radio network to become a relay node for a primary transmitter, the secondary nodes being secondary transmitters and secondary receivers, receiving data transmitted by the primary transmitter in a first time slot if the secondary transmitter was successful in the competition, relaying the received data transmitted by the primary transmitter to a primary receiver in a second time slot, transmitting secondary data to a corresponding secondary receiver in a subslot of the second time slot and transmitting the secondary data to the corresponding secondary receiver in a subslot of the first time slot if the secondary transmitter was not successful in the competition and if the corresponding secondary receiver was successful in the competition.

Abstract: A method and apparatus are described including receiving content from a base station, storing the received content, receiving a second message from a first member of a network, determining a highest expected layer, a lowest layer received by the first member of the network requesting help, a highest layer that needs to be multicast to the first member of the network, and a lowest layer that needs to be multicast to the first member of the network, retrieving the stored content responsive to the message and multicasting the retrieved content to the first member of the network responsive to the determining act.