APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR REPORTING PERFORMANCE

• US 20120134315A1
• Filed: 08/02/2011
• Published: 05/31/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 11/29/2010
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Pantech Corporation (Ideahub, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Pantech Corporation (Ideahub, Inc.)
• Inventors: HONG, Sung Jin
• Application Number:
  US13/196,787
• Publication Number:
  US 20120134315A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 370/315
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 36/14 Reselecting a network or an air interface
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 36/30 by measured or perceived connection quality data
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 84/047 using dedicated repeater stations

Abstract

Provided are different wireless communication systems, in particular, a method and an apparatus for reporting performance between wireless communication systems. Information about a wireless network in an area where wireless communication systems coexist may be shared, through recognizing performance degradation of a wireless communication service provided by a first wireless communication system, and transmitting performance information of the wireless communication service provided by the first wireless communication system to a second wireless communication system.

Claims

1. A method for reporting performance in a terminal, the method comprising:

receiving a wireless communication service from a first wireless communication system;

recognizing performance degradation of the wireless communication service provided by the first wireless communication system;

transmitting performance information of the wireless communication service to a second wireless communication system; and

determining whether an accessible relay exists among relays included in the first wireless communication system.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the receiving of the wireless communication service includes:

obtaining performance information of the wireless communication service provided by the first wireless communication system;

obtaining performance information of a wireless communication service that may be provided by the second wireless communication system; and

storing the performance information of the wireless communication service provided by the first wireless communication system and the performance information of the wireless communication service that may be provided by the second wireless communication system in a memory.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the recognizing of performance degradation of the wireless communication service comprises recognizing performance degradation of the wireless communication service based on a transmission rate, a received field strength, service quality information of a data service, or combinations thereof, provided by the first wireless communication system.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the transmitting of the performance information to the second wireless communication system includes:

determining whether a received field strength of a relay of the first wireless communication system is smaller than a specific value;

if the received field strength of the relay of the first wireless communication system is smaller than a specific value, generating performance information including at least one of location information of the terminal, the received field strength, the service quality information, and identity information of the relay; and

transmitting the generated performance information to the second wireless communication system.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

if the accessible relay exists among relays included in the first wireless communication system, generating performance information including identity information of the accessible relay; and

transmitting the performance information including the identity information of the accessible relay to the second wireless communication system.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

if an accessible relay does not exist among relays included in the first wireless communication system, outputting a message inquiring whether to access the second wireless communication system.

7. A method for reporting performance in a first wireless communication system, the method comprising:

receiving performance information of a wireless communication service provided by a second wireless communication system to a terminal, wherein the terminal receives the wireless communication service from the second wireless communication system; and

transmitting the received performance information to the second wireless communication system,

wherein the performance information includes at least one of location information of the terminal, a received field strength, service quality information, and identity information of a relay around the terminal.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein the first wireless communication system or the second wireless communication system provides a data service to the terminal through at least one relay.

9. The method of claim 7 further comprising:

adjusting power of a relay of the second wireless communication system connectable to the terminal based on the performance information.

10. The method of claim 7, further comprising:

updating information about a non-service area of the second wireless communication system based on the performance information.

11. An apparatus to report performance information, the apparatus comprising:

a first performance information obtaining unit to obtain performance information of a wireless communication service provided by a first wireless communication system;

a recognition unit to recognize performance degradation of the wireless communication service provided by the first wireless communication system;

a communication unit to transmit the performance information of the wireless communication service to a second wireless communication system; and

a control unit to determine whether an accessible relay exists among relays included in the first wireless communication system.

12. The apparatus of claim 11, further comprising:

a memory to periodically update the performance information of the wireless communication service provided by the first wireless communication system.

13. The apparatus of claim 11, wherein the recognition unit recognizes performance degradation of the wireless communication service based on a transmission rate, a received field strength, or service quality information of a data service provided by the first wireless communication system.

14. The apparatus of claim 11, wherein if the received field strength of the relay is smaller than a specific value, the control unit generates performance information including at least one of location information of a terminal, a received field strength, service quality information, and identity information of a relay, and controls the communication unit to transmit the generated performance information to the second wireless communication system.

15. The apparatus of claim 11, wherein if the accessible relay exists among relays included in the first wireless communication system, the control unit generates performance information including identity information of the accessible relay and transmits the performance information including the identity information of the accessible relay to the second wireless communication system.

16. The apparatus of claim 11, wherein the control unit outputs a message inquiring whether to access the second wireless communication system if the accessible relay does not exist among relays included in the first wireless communication system.

17. An apparatus to report performance, the apparatus comprising:

a first communication unit to receive performance information of a wireless communication service provided by a first wireless communication system to a terminal, wherein the terminal receives the wireless communication service from the first wireless communication system;

a control unit to check a management apparatus of the first wireless communication system based on the received performance information; and

a second communication unit to transmit the received performance information to a management apparatus of the first wireless communication system.

18. The apparatus of claim 17, wherein the performance information includes at least one of location information of the terminal, a received field strength, service quality information, and identity information of a relay around the terminal.

19. An apparatus to receive performance information, the apparatus comprising:

a performance information receiving unit to receive, from a second wireless communication system, performance information of a wireless communication service provided by a first wireless communication system to a terminal;

a control unit to obtain information about a non-service area of the first wireless communication system based on the received performance information; and

a database to store the information about the non-service area of the first wireless communication system.

20. The apparatus of claim 19, wherein the performance information includes at least one of location information of the terminal, a received field strength, service quality information, and identity information of a relay around the terminal, and

wherein the control unit adjusts power of a relay connectable to the terminal based on the performance information.