Quality of service aware handoff trigger
First Claim
1. A method of estimating QoS in an IP network, comprising the steps of:
- generating at least a first and second probing packet with an access router from at least one access point;
sending said first and second probing packets from said at least one access point over a fixed core network having a plurality of routers to a correspondent access router and then back to said at least one access router;
sending at least one collector packet to follow said first and second probing packets to gather at least one predetermined QoS parameter from said routers after said first and second probing packets leave said routers; and
processing said at least one QoS parameter with said at least one access router to determine a level of QoS experienced by said at least one access router.
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Abstract
A method of estimating QoS for making a handoff trigger decision for a remote terminal in a wireless IP network is disclosed. At least a first and second probing packet is generated with an access router from a plurality of access points. The first and second probing packets are then sent from the access routers over a fixed core network having a plurality of routers to a correspondent access router and then back to the access routers. At least one collector packet is also generated and sent to follow the first and second probing packets to gather at least one predetermined QoS parameter from the routers after the first and second probing packets have left the routers. The QoS parameters are then processed with the access routers to make the handoff trigger decision preferentially along with layer two QoS parameters of the wireless hop.
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53 Claims
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1. A method of estimating QoS in an IP network, comprising the steps of:
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generating at least a first and second probing packet with an access router from at least one access point;
sending said first and second probing packets from said at least one access point over a fixed core network having a plurality of routers to a correspondent access router and then back to said at least one access router;
sending at least one collector packet to follow said first and second probing packets to gather at least one predetermined QoS parameter from said routers after said first and second probing packets leave said routers; and
processing said at least one QoS parameter with said at least one access router to determine a level of QoS experienced by said at least one access router. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A method of estimating QoS in an IP network, comprising the steps of:
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sending a first and second probing packet across a fixed core network from a plurality of candidate access routers to a correspondent access router;
sending a forward collector packet that follows said first and second probing packet across said fixed core network to said correspondent access router, wherein said forward collector packet collects a predetermined set of parameters from said routers;
sending said first and second probing packet and said forward collector packet back to said originating access router from said correspondent access router;
sending a reverse collector packet that follows said first and second probing packet across said fixed core network to said originating access router from said correspondent access router, wherein said reverse collector packet collects a second predetermined set of parameters from said routers; and
processing the first and second predetermined set of parameters from said forward and reverse collector packets to determine a level of QoS experienced by said candidate access router. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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26. A method of estimating QoS for making a handoff trigger decision for a remote terminal in a wireless IP network, comprising the steps of:
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generating at least a first and second probing packet with an access router from a plurality of access points;
sending said first and second probing packets from said access points over a fixed core network having a plurality of routers to a correspondent access router and then back to said access routers;
sending at least one collector packet to follow said first and second probing packets to gather at least one predetermined QoS parameter from said routers after said first and second probing packets leave said routers; and
processing said at least one QoS parameter with said access routers to make said handoff trigger decision. - View Dependent Claims (27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41)
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42. A method of estimating QoS for making a handoff trigger decision for a remote terminal in a wireless IP network, comprising the steps of:
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sending a first and second probing packet across a fixed core network from a plurality of candidate access routers to a correspondent access router;
sending a forward collector packet that follows said first and second probing packet across said fixed core network to said correspondent access router, wherein said forward collector packet collects a predetermined set of parameters from said routers;
sending said first and second probing packet and said forward collector packet back to said originating access router from said correspondent access router;
sending a reverse collector packet that follows said first and second probing packet across said fixed core network to said originating access router from said correspondent access router, wherein said reverse collector packet collects a second predetermined set of parameters from said routers; and
processing the first and second predetermined set of parameters from said forward and reverse collector packets to make a handoff trigger decision. - View Dependent Claims (43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53)
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