BUNDLING DATA TRANSFERS AND EMPLOYING TAIL OPTIMIZATION PROTOCOL TO MANAGE CELLULAR RADIO RESOURCE UTILIZATION

• US 20120324041A1
• Filed: 06/20/2011
• Published: 12/20/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 06/20/2011
• 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: Gerber, Alexandre, Mao, Zhuoqing, Sen, Subhabrata, Spatscheck, Oliver, Qian, Feng, Wang, Zhaoguang
• Granted Patent: US 9,220,066 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/217
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/80 Responding to QoS
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/1095 Replication or mirroring of data, e.g. scheduling or transport for data synchronisation between network nodes
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/55 Push-based network services
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 24/08 Testing, supervising or monitoring using real traffic
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/12 Messaging; Mailboxes; Announcements
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 52/0238 where the received signal is an unwanted signal, e.g. interference or idle signal
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 52/0251 using monitoring of local events, e.g. events related to user activity
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/52 based on load
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/20 Transfer of user or subscriber data
• CPC Class Codes: Y02D 30/00 Reducing energy consumption in communication networks
• CPC Class Codes: Y02D 30/70 in wireless communication networks

Abstract

Techniques for increasing power and resource efficiency of a mobile device are presented herein. In the mobile device, with regard to periodic or one-time data transfers, a communication management component can analyze information comprising data transfer parameter information, including jitter information, associated with each application of a subset of applications used by the device and can desirably schedule and/or bundle data transfers associated with the applications to reduce the number of separate data bursts to transfer that data to thereby reduce use of wireless resources and power consumption by the device. A push notification system can receive respective jitter information associated with each application from the mobile device, and the push notification system can desirably schedule and/or bundle push notifications to reduce the number of separate data bursts sent to the device to reduce use of wireless resources and power consumption by the device.

Claims

1. A method, comprising:

identifying a subset of data transfers to be bundled together into a data burst based on data transfer parameters, comprising jitter information, respectively associated with the subset of data transfers, wherein the subset of data transfers is associated with a mobile device; and

transmitting the data burst, comprising the subset of data transfers.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

identifying a set of data transfers, wherein the set of data transfers relates to a set of applications and is associated with the mobile device, and wherein the set of data transfers comprises at least as many data transfers as the subset of data transfers;

identifying the data transfer parameters respectively associated with the set of data transfers; and

analyzing the data transfer parameters, comprising the jitter information respectively associated with the set of data transfers, to generate analysis results, in accordance with at least one predefined communication criterion.

3. The method of claim 2, further comprising:

identifying a first data transfer of the set of data transfers to be bundled with a second data transfer of the set of data transfers, based on the analysis results, wherein the subset of data transfers comprises the first data transfer and the second data transfer; and

bundling the first data transfer and the second data transfer into the data burst.

4. The method of claim 3, further comprising:

comparing a jitter time window associated with the first data transfer to a period of time during which the second data transfer is allowed to be transmitted; and

determining the first data transfer is to be bundled with the second data transfer when the jitter time window associated with the first data transfer at least partially corresponds to the period of time during which the second data transfer is allowed to be transmitted.

5. The method of claim 2, further comprising:

comparing a jitter time window associated with a third data transfer of the set of data transfers to a period of time during which the second data transfer is allowed to be transmitted; and

determining the third data transfer is not to be bundled with the second data transfer when the jitter time window associated with the third data transfer does not correspond to the period of time during which the second data transfer is allowed to be transmitted.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

analyzing a subset of communication connections associated with the mobile device;

obtaining information relating to respective predicted data transfer times associated with respective communication connections of the subset of communication connections;

calculating an estimated inter-transfer time based on the respective predicted data transfer times;

comparing the estimated inter-transfer time to a specified tail threshold associated with the subset of communication connections to generate comparison results; and

determining whether to trigger a transition of the mobile device from a higher communication state to an idle communication state independent of the specified tail time threshold based on the comparison results.

7. The method of claim 6, further comprising:

triggering the transition of the mobile device from the higher communication state to the idle communication state independent of the specified tail time threshold when the estimated inter-transfer time is greater than or equal to a combination of the specified tail time threshold plus a predefined time margin.

8. The method of claim 7, further comprising:

generating a tail termination signal; and

transmitting the tail termination signal to a communication network to facilitate termination of the tail.

9. The method of claim 6, further comprising:

maintaining the mobile device in the higher communication state at least until the specified tail time threshold is reached, when the estimated inter-transfer time is less than a combination of the specified tail time threshold plus a predefined time margin; and

transitioning the mobile device from the higher communication state to the idle communication state independent of the specified tail time threshold when the specified tail time threshold is reached, if no other data transfer occurs on the subset of communication connections.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein the subset of data transfers comprises a periodic data transfer and an aperiodic transfer.

11. A system, comprising:

a communication device configured to communicate data transfers in a communication network environment; and

a communication management component configured to schedule communication of the data transfers and identify a subset of data transfers to be grouped together into a data burst based on data transfer parameters respectively associated with the subset of data transfers, wherein the subset of data transfers is associated with a wireless communication device.

12. The system of claim 11, wherein the communication management component further configured to transmit the data burst, comprising the subset of data transfers.

13. The system of claim 11, wherein the communication management component further configured to:

identify a set of data transfers, wherein the set of data transfers relates to a set of applications and is associated with the wireless communication device, and wherein the set of data transfers comprises at least as many data transfers as the subset of data transfers;

identify the data transfer parameters respectively associated with the subset of data transfers; and

analyze the data transfer parameters, comprising jitter information respectively associated with respective data transfers in the set of data transfers, to generate analysis results, in accordance with at least one predefined communication criterion.

14. The system of claim 13, wherein the communication management component further configured to identify a first data transfer of the set of data transfers to be bundled with a second data transfer of the set of data transfers, based on the analysis results, wherein the subset of data transfers comprises the first data transfer and the second data transfer;

and group the first data transfer and the second data transfer into the data burst.

15. The system of claim 14, wherein the communication management component further configured to compare a jitter time period associated with the first data transfer to a time period during which the second data transfer is permitted to be transmitted, and determine that the first data transfer is to be grouped with the second data transfer when the jitter time period associated with the first data transfer at least partially overlaps the time period during which the second data transfer is permitted to be transmitted.

16. The system of claim 14, wherein the first data transfer is associated with a first application and the second data transfer is associated with a second application, the first application is associated with a first application server and the second application is associated with a second application server.

17. The system of claim 13, wherein the communication management component further configured to compare a jitter time period associated with a third data transfer of the set of data transfers to a time period during which the second data transfer is permitted to be transmitted, and determine the third data transfer is not to be grouped with the second data transfer when the jitter time period associated with the third data transfer does not overlap the time period during which the second data transfer is permitted to be transmitted.

18. The system of claim 11, wherein the communication device is the wireless communication device, and the communication management component is a user equipment communication management component.

19. The system of claim 18, wherein the data transfer parameters comprises a periodicity parameter, a transfer start time parameter, a call back parameter, and a jitter parameter.

20. The system of claim 19, further comprising a data transfer Application Programming Interface that comprises the data transfer parameters and is configured to facilitate data transfers associated with the wireless communication device.

21. The system of claim 18, wherein the user equipment communication management component is further configured to utilize fast dormancy, in accordance with a specified protocol, to facilitate management of tail time relating to data transfers associated with the wireless communication device.

22. The system of claim 11, wherein the communication device is a push notification system, and the communication management component is a notification communication management component.

23. The system of claim 22, wherein the data transfer parameters comprises an application data parameter, a call back parameter, and a jitter parameter, wherein the jitter parameter indicates an amount of time that transmission of a data transfer to the wireless communication device is permitted to be delayed.

24. The system of claim 23, further comprising a push notification Application Programming Interface that comprises the data transfer parameters and is configured to facilitate data transfers associated with the wireless communication device.

25. The system of claim 11, wherein the subset of data transfers comprises a periodic data transfer and a non-periodic data transfer.

26. The system of claim 11, wherein the subset of data transfers comprises a one-time data transfer and a non-periodic data transfer.

27. A computer program product, comprising:

a computer readable storage medium comprising computer executable instructions that, in response to execution by a computing system, cause the computing system to perform operations comprising;

identifying a subset of data transfers to be grouped together into a data burst based on a subset of data transfer parameters associated with the subset of data transfers, wherein the subset of data transfers is associated with a mobile communication device; and

transmitting the data burst, comprising the subset of data transfers.