METHOD AND APPARATUS OPTIMIZING A RADIO LINK

• US 20070206634A1
• Filed: 05/08/2007
• Published: 09/06/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 02/19/2002
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Avago Technologies International Sales Pte Limited (Broadcom, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Broadcom Corporation (Broadcom, Inc.)
• Inventors: van Rooyen, Pieter, Lotter, Michiel
• Granted Patent: US 7,953,021 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 370/469
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 1/0007 by modifying the frame length
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 1/18 Automatic repetition systems, e.g. Van Duuren systems
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/0823 characterised by the purposes of a change of settings, e.g. optimising configuration for enhancing reliability for optimising operational conditions of wireless networks H04W24/02
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/5054 Automatic deployment of services triggered by the service manager, e.g. service implementation by automatic configuration of network components
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/509 wherein the managed service relates to media content delivery, e.g. audio, video or TV
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 43/08 Monitoring or testing based on specific metrics, e.g. QoS, energy consumption or environmental parameters
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/32 Architecture of open systems interconnection [OSI] 7-layer type protocol stacks, e.g. the interfaces between the data link level and the physical level
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/325 in the network layer [OSI layer 3], e.g. X.25 H04L69/16 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 28/06 Optimizing the usage of the radio link, e.g. header compression, information sizing , discarding information system modifying transmission characteristic according to link quality by modifying frame length H04L1/0007; dynamic adaptation of the packet size for flow control or congestion control H04L47/365
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 28/18 Negotiating wireless communication parameters
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 80/04 Network layer protocols, e.g. mobile IP [Internet Protocol]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 80/06 Transport layer protocols, e.g. TCP [Transport Control Protocol] over wireless transmission control protocol/Internet protocol [TCP/IP] or user datagram protocol [UDP] H04L69/16

Abstract

Optimizing a radio link is done by acquiring at least OSI layer one and two performance measurements, determining an optimum setting collection for at least OSI layer three to a top layer, then configuring at least the OSI layer three to the top layer based upon the optimum setting collection. The top layer is at least OSI layer four. The invention includes optimized radio links, methods of making optimized radio links, revenue generating making optimized radio links by providing means for optimizing the radio link.

Claims

1. An apparatus optimizing a radio link supporting wireless communication involving OSI link layers from an OSI layer one to a top layer, comprising:

means for acquiring a measured parameter collection including at least one measured parameter for at least one member o

f a radio chain collection involving at least one member of a layer one-two collection including at least said OSI layer one and an OSI layer two;

means for determining an optimum setting collection for at least an OSI layer three to said top layer based upon said measured parameter collection and based upon a goal; and

means for configuring at least said OSI layer three to said top layer based upon said optimum setting collection to support said goal;

wherein said radio chain collection is comprised of;

each receiver chain included in said radio link, and

each transmit chain included in said radio link;

wherein said top layer is at least an OSI layer four; and

wherein for at least one of said OSI link layer from said OSI layer three to said top layer, said optimum setting collection includes at least one member associated with said OSI link layer;

wherein said radio link includes said at least one receiver chain and said at least one transmit chain.

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