CONTEXT BASED SPECTRUM MANAGEMENT SYSTEM

• US 20150052239A1
• Filed: 08/19/2013
• Published: 02/19/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 08/19/2013
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Intel Corporation
• Original Assignee: Anthony G. LaMarca
• Inventors: Lamarca, Anthony G., Somayazulu, Vallabhajosyula S., Yang, Xue, Johnsson, Kerstin, Moses, Jaideep, Tickoo, Omesh, Foerster, Jeffrey R., Cordeiro, Carlos, Maciocco, Christian, Skinner, Harry G., Weaver, Geoff O., Guo, Xingang, Falconer, Maynard C., Shah, Rahul C., Srikanteswara, Srikathyayani, Dash, Denver H., Huang, Wen-Ling M.
• Application Number:
  US13/969,821
• Publication Number:
  US 20150052239A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/224
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/1485 Tariff-related aspects
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/5029 Service quality level-based billing, e.g. dependent on measured service level customer is charged more or less
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 28/20 Negotiating bandwidth
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/24 Accounting or billing

Abstract

Generally, this disclosure provides systems, devices, methods and computer readable media for context based spectrum management. A device may include a user preference determination module to determine a level-of-service preference of a user of the device, the preference associated with an application. The device may also include a user state determination module, to determine a state of the user, and a device capability determination module, to determine capabilities of the device. The device may further include an application programming interface (API) to provide the context to a cloud-based server configured to manage spectrum. The context includes the preference, the state and the capabilities. The API is further configured to receive content delivery options from the cloud-based server.

Claims

1. A device for context based spectrum management, said device comprising:

a user preference determination module configured to determine a level-of-service preference of a user of said device, said preference associated with an application;

a user state determination module configured to determine a state of said user;

a device capability determination module configured to determine capabilities of said device; and

an application programming interface (API) configured to provide said context to a cloud-based server configured to manage spectrum, wherein said context comprises said preference, said state and said capabilities, said API further configured to receive content delivery options from said cloud-based server.

2. The device of claim 1, further comprising an option selection module configured to select one of said delivery options, said selection based on said context.

3. The device of claim 1, wherein said preference is a relative delivery content quality indicator, a delivery delay time, a delivery bandwidth or a delivery cost.

4. The device of claim 1, wherein said state is a location, a busy-idle status, a time of day or a relative urgency indicator.

5. The device of claim 1, wherein said capabilities are battery life of said device, transmit power of said device or receive signal strength of said device.

6. The device of claim 1, wherein said received delivery options are a relative delivery content quality indicator, a delivery delay time, a delivery bandwidth or a delivery cost.

7. The device of claim 1, wherein said API is further configured to set a Quality-of-Service (QoS) packet priority based on said context, said QoS packet priority associated with said content delivery.

8. The device of claim 1, wherein said device is a smartphone, a laptop computing device, a wearable device or a tablet.

9. A cloud-based server for context based spectrum management, said server comprising:

a network monitor module configured to monitor availability of spectrum bandwidth in a network and further configured to monitor cost associated with said spectrum bandwidth;

a user monitor module configured to monitor context information associated with a device and a user of said device, said device communicating with said network, wherein said context comprises user level-of-service preferences, user state and device capabilities; and

a user option management module configured to provide content delivery options to said user, said delivery options based on said context information, said available spectrum bandwidth and said cost.

10. The server of claim 9, wherein said user level-of-service preference is a relative delivery content quality indicator, a delivery delay time, a delivery bandwidth or a delivery cost.

11. The server of claim 9, wherein said user state is a location, a busy-idle status, a time of day or a relative urgency indicator.

12. The server of claim 9, wherein said device capabilities are battery life of said device, transmit power of said device or receive signal strength of said device.

13. The server of claim 9, further comprising a user prediction module configured to generate an historical record of said monitored user context information and to predict a future user context based on said historical record.

14. The server of claim 13, further comprising a network prediction module configured to predict future spectrum bandwidth availability and cost based on an aggregation of said historical records associated with a plurality of said users.

15. The server of claim 9, further comprising a subscription service management module configured to manage a fee based subscription between said user and an enterprise associated with said server, said subscription enabling the provision of said content delivery options.

16. The server of claim 9, further comprising an application programming interface (API) configured to enable exchange of said context information and said content delivery options between said server and said user.

17. A computer-readable storage medium having instructions stored thereon which when executed by a processor result in the following operations for context based spectrum management, said operations comprising:

determining a level-of-service preference of a user of a device, said preference associated with an application;

determining a state of said user;

determining capabilities of said device;

providing said context to a cloud-based server through an application programming interface (API), said server configured to manage spectrum, wherein said context comprises said preference, said state and said capabilities; and

receiving content delivery options from said cloud-based server.

18. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 17, further comprising the operations of selecting one of said delivery options, said selection based on said context.

19. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 17, wherein said preference is a relative delivery content quality indicator, a delivery delay time, a delivery bandwidth or a delivery cost.

20. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 17, wherein said state is a location, a busy-idle status, a time of day or a relative urgency indicator.

21. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 17, wherein said capabilities are battery life of said device, transmit power of said device or receive signal strength of said device.

22. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 17, wherein said received delivery options are a relative delivery content quality indicator, a delivery delay time, a delivery bandwidth or a delivery cost.

23. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 17, further comprising the operations of setting a Quality-of-Service (QoS) packet priority based on said context, said QoS packet priority associated with said content delivery.