SELECTION OF A RADIO ACCESS BEARER RESOURCE BASED ON RADIO ACCESS BEARER RESOURCE HISTORICAL INFORMATION

• US 20130023281A1
• Filed: 07/21/2011
• Published: 01/24/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 07/21/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: AT&T Mobility II LLC (AT&T, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: AT&T Mobility II LLC (AT&T, Inc.)
• Inventors: Meredith, Sheldon, Austin, Mark, Kosseifi, Mario
• Granted Patent: US 8,892,112 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/456.1
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 36/008375 based on historical data
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 36/322 by location data

Abstract

The disclosed subject matter provides for selecting a radio access bearer resource based on historical data related to the radio access bearer resource. Location information can be employed to determine a radio access bearer resource. Historical information related to the radio access bearer resource can then be employed to determine the suitability of the radio access bearer resource. A set of radio access bearer resources can be ordered or ranked to allow selection of a suitable radio access bearer resource from the set. Incorporation of historical information can provide for additional metrics in the selection of a radio access bearer resource over simple contemporaneous radio access bearer resource information. In some embodiments timed fingerprint location (TFL) information can be employed to determine a location.

Claims

1. A system, comprising:

a location determination component configured to determine a location of a user equipment; and

a radio access bearer analysis component configured to associate a value with a radio access bearer resource that satisfies a predetermined condition relating to historical information associated with the radio access bearer resource, the radio access bearer resource covering the location of the user equipment.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the location determination component is further configured to determine secondary location information, secondary location information including direction and speed.

3. The system of claim 2, wherein the secondary location information is determined from a first location correlated with a first time and a second location correlated with a second time.

4. The system of claim 2, wherein the location determination component employs the secondary location information to determine a potential future location of the user equipment.

5. The system of claim 4, wherein the radio access bearer resource is covering the potential future location of the user equipment.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein the location determination component employs timed fingerprint location information to determine the location of the user equipment.

7. The system of claim 1, further comprising a decision engine component configured to determine the satisfaction of a condition of a radio access bearer resource based on historical information relating to the radio access bearer resource.

9. The system of claim 1, further comprising a radio access bearer historic information component configured to receive historical information associated with a radio access bearer resource.

10. The system of claim 9, wherein the historical information includes historic handover sustainability information for a radio access bearer resource, wherein handover sustainability information includes information associated with the lifespan of a successful radio access bearer handover.

11. The system of claim 9, wherein the historical information includes historic interim handover information for a radio access bearer resource, wherein the interim handover information includes information associated with a first successful radio access bearer handover followed by a second successful radio access bearer handover, the first successful radio access bearer handover having an atypically short lifespan.

12. The system of claim 1, further comprising a radio access bearer condition component configured to receive contemporaneous information associated with a radio access bearer resource, wherein the radio access bearer analysis component is further configured to associate the value with a radio access bearer resource that satisfies a predetermined condition relating to historical information associated with the radio access bearer resource and the contemporaneous information associated with a radio access bearer resource, the radio access bearer resource covering the location of the user equipment.

13. The system of claim 1, wherein the value is a rank value for the radio access bearer resource to facilitate ranking set of radio access bearer resources in accordance with a ranking schema.

8. The system of claim 8, further comprising a rule component configured to receive a rule associated with determining the satisfaction of a condition of a radio access bearer resource.

14. A method, comprising:

receiving location information associated with a user equipment; and

selecting a radio access bearer resource from a radio access bearer resource determined to cover at the received location based on the received location information.

15. The method of claim 14, further comprising receiving historic information associated with a radio access bearer resource based on the received location information, and wherein the selecting a radio access bearer resource is further based on the received historic information.

16. The method of claim 14, further comprising receiving contemporaneous radio access bearer resource information, and wherein the selecting a radio access bearer resource is further based on the received contemporaneous radio access bearer resource information.

17. The method of claim 14, wherein the receiving location information includes receiving timed fingerprint location information.

18. A computing device comprising a processor, the processor configured to:

receive location information associated with a user equipment;

process the location information to determine historical information related to a radio access bearer resource;

designate a value for a radio access bearer resource based on the historical information; and

select a radio access bearer resource from a set of radio access bearer resources based on the designated value.

19. The computing device of claim 18, wherein the location information includes timed fingerprint location information.

20. The computing device of claim 18, wherein the predetermined condition is related to a predicted future location of the user equipment.