Centralized radio access network virtualization mechanism

• US 10,027,573 B2
• Filed: 10/10/2014
• Issued: 07/17/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 10/10/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I LP (AT&T, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I LP (AT&T, Inc.)
• Inventors: Shaw, Venson, He, Jin
• Primary Examiner(s): Ibrahim, Mohamed
• Application Number:
  US14/511,594
• Publication Number:
  US 20160105355A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,376 Days
• Field of Search: 709203, 709217, 709224, 709227, 709219, 370329, 370328, 370252
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 45/22 Alternate routing
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 47/76 using dynamic resource allocation, e.g. in-call renegotiation requested by the user or requested by the network in response to changing network conditions
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/52 specially adapted for the location of the user terminal
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/535 Tracking the activity of the user network monitoring arrangements H04L43/00; recording of computer activity G06F11/34
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/563 Data redirection of data network streams
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/04 Protocols for data compression, e.g. ROHC
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 40/34 Modification of an existing route

Abstract

Diverting communication content directed to a wireless device based on a determined state of a display of the wireless device is presented herein. A method can include receiving state information representing a display state of a display of a wireless device; and in response to determining, based on the state information, that the display has been inactive for a defined period of time, redirecting communication content that has been directed to the wireless device to an intermediary device. In an example, the redirecting can include storing the communication content in the intermediary device as stored content, and in response to determining, based on the state information, that the display has been active, sending, via the intermediary device, the stored content directed to the wireless device.

Claims

1. A method, comprising:

receiving, by a system comprising a processor via a wireless communication interface coupled to a wireless device, state information representing whether a display of the wireless device has been activated; and

in response to determining, based on the state information that has been received via the wireless communication interface, that the display has been inactive for a defined period of time,

intercepting, by the system via a virtual wireless device via a network connection, communication content that has been directed to the wireless device, wherein the virtual wireless device has been selected from a group of geographically distributed virtual wireless devices based on a geographical location of the virtual wireless device being determined to be within a geographical boundary of the wireless device,

compressing the communication content as compressed data and storing the compressed data in an intermediary device to be subsequently transmitted to the wireless device upon the display being determined to be activated, and

sending, by the system via the virtual wireless device, an acknowledgement communication signifying the communication content has been received by the wireless device.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

in response to determining, based on the state information, that the display has been active, sending, by the system, the compressed data directed to the wireless device.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the sending comprises:

sending compression information directed to the wireless device to facilitate decompression of the compressed data.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving, by the system, network data corresponding to an operating condition of a network device.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the intercepting comprises:

selecting, based on the network data, a radio access technology based on a defined condition with respect to a determined communication bandwidth associated with the network device; and

intercepting the communication content based on the radio access technology.

6. The method of claim 4, wherein the receiving the network data comprises receiving information representing a number of wireless devices communicating with the network device.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

selecting, by the system, the virtual wireless device based on a postal zip code associated with the virtual wireless device being determined to correspond to the geographical location.

8. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

selecting, by the system, the virtual wireless device from the group of geographically distributed virtual wireless devices based on the virtual wireless device being determined to be located within the geographical boundary of the wireless device.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the receiving the state information comprises:

receiving digital signals representing the state information from a remote wireless transceiver wirelessly coupled, via the wireless communication interface, to the wireless device.

10. A system, comprising:

a processor; and

a memory that stores executable instructions that, when executed by the processor, facilitate performance of operations, comprising;

determining, via a communication interface coupled to a wireless device, a display state of a display of the wireless device representing whether the display has been inactive for a period of time; and

in response to the display being determined to have been inactive for the period of time,

receiving, on behalf of the wireless device via a virtual wireless device via a network interface, communication content that has been directed to the wireless device, wherein the virtual wireless device has been selected from distributed virtual wireless devices based on a geographical location of the virtual wireless device being determined to be within a geographical boundary corresponding to the wireless device,

compressing the communication content as compressed content and storing the compressed content in an intermediary device for later transmittal to the wireless device upon a determination that the display has been activated, and

sending, on behalf of the wireless device via the virtual wireless device, a receipt representing that a portion of the communication content has been received by the wireless device.

11. The system of claim 10, wherein the determining the display state comprises:

determining, via the virtual wireless device, the display state of the display of the wireless device.

12. The system of claim 11, further comprising:

storing, via the virtual wireless device, the communication content as stored data.

13. The system of claim 12, wherein the operations further comprise:

in response to the display being determined to have been active, sending, via the virtual wireless device, the stored data directed to the wireless device.

14. The system of claim 10, wherein the receiving comprises:

storing, via the virtual wireless device, the communication content as stored data.

15. The system of claim 14, wherein the operations further comprise:

in response to the display being determined to have been active, sending, via the virtual wireless device, the stored data directed to the wireless device.

16. The system of claim 10, wherein the virtual wireless device has been selected from the distributed virtual wireless devices in response to a determination that a zip code of the virtual wireless device corresponds to the geographical boundary corresponding to the wireless device.

17. A non-transitory machine-readable storage medium, comprising executable instructions that, when executed by a processor, facilitate performance of operations, comprising:

monitoring, utilizing a wireless access point device coupled to a wireless device, whether a display of the wireless device has been active; and

in response to determining that the display has been inactive for a defined time period,

receiving, using a network connection via a virtual wireless device that has been selected from a group of geographically distributed virtual wireless devices based on a location of the virtual wireless device being determined to be within a geographical location corresponding to the wireless device, communication content directed to the wireless device,

compressing the communication content as compressed data,

storing the compressed data for later transmission to the wireless device upon detection of an activation of the display of the wireless device, and

sending, via the virtual wireless device, a message indicating that the wireless device has received the communication content.

18. The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium of claim 17, wherein the operations further comprise:

in response to determining that the display has been activated, sending, via the virtual wireless device, the communication content directed to the wireless device.

19. The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium of claim 17, wherein the operations further comprise:

in response to determining that the display has been activated, sending, via the virtual wireless device, the compressed data directed to the wireless device.

20. The non-transitory machine readable storage medium of claim 19, wherein the sending further comprises:

sending compression information directed to the wireless device to facilitate decompression of the compressed data.