Traffic congestion management when providing realtime information to service providers
First Claim
1. A method for reducing telecommunications network congestion, comprising the steps of:
- monitoring received location messages that are transmitted from a plurality of mobile equipment, the received location messages being transmitted from the plurality of mobile equipment responsive to a plurality of requests from an external service provider;
determining a total number of received location messages responsive to said step of monitoring;
comparing the total number of received location messages to a predetermined threshold;
if the total number of received location messages exceeds the predetermined threshold, then selecting at least one mobile equipment from the plurality of mobile equipment; and
p2 ordering the at least one mobile equipment to lower the number of location messages being transmitted therefrom.
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Abstract
Methods, systems, and arrangements facilitate information interexchange between a telecommunications network and an information service provider. For example, a business-to-business (B2B) engine includes one or more logic modules for interfacing with the telecommunications network and with the information service provider. The B2B engine facilitates the reporting of, e.g., realtime information from the telecommunications network to the information service provider. This realtime information may include subscriber unit location that is proactively sent by the subscriber unit to the B2B engine for forwarding to the information service provider. To avoid possibly congesting the telecommunications network, the B2B engine is empowered to monitor the number of proactively-transmitted location messages and to limit them if they exceed a defined threshold.
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16 Claims
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1. A method for reducing telecommunications network congestion, comprising the steps of:
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monitoring received location messages that are transmitted from a plurality of mobile equipment, the received location messages being transmitted from the plurality of mobile equipment responsive to a plurality of requests from an external service provider;
determining a total number of received location messages responsive to said step of monitoring;
comparing the total number of received location messages to a predetermined threshold;
if the total number of received location messages exceeds the predetermined threshold, then selecting at least one mobile equipment from the plurality of mobile equipment; and
p2 ordering the at least one mobile equipment to lower the number of location messages being transmitted therefrom. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 13, 14, 15)
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12. A method for controlling traffic congestion in a location area of a wireless network, comprising the steps of:
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requesting a plurality of mobile equipment within the location area to provide location information whenever their respective locations change;
receiving packets that include location information from at least a portion of the plurality of mobile equipment, the location information identifying the respective locations;
monitoring a traffic level associated with the received packets;
determining whether the monitored traffic level exceeds a predetermined threshold; and
if so, instructing at least some of the plurality of mobile equipment to cease providing location information when their respective locations change.
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16. An arrangement for reducing telecommunications network congestion, comprising:
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means for monitoring received location messages that are transmitted from a plurality of mobile equipment, the received location messages being transmitted from the plurality of mobile equipment responsive to a plurality of requests from an external service provider;
means for determining a total number of received location messages, said means for determining in communication with said means for monitoring;
means for comparing the total number of received location messages to a predetermined threshold, said means for comparing in communication with said means for determining; and
means for selecting at least one mobile equipment from the plurality of mobile equipment and for ordering the at least one mobile equipment to lower the number of location messages being transmitted therefrom, said means for selecting and ordering operating if the total number of received location messages exceeds the predetermined threshold.
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