SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING TIME AND LOCATION DEPENDENT BANDWIDTH IN WIRELESS NETWORKS

• US 20150124624A1
• Filed: 01/13/2015
• Published: 05/07/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 05/12/2006
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Telsima Corp. (Aviat Networks Incorporated)
• Original Assignee: Telsima Corp. (Aviat Networks Incorporated)
• Inventors: Beser, Nurettin Burcak
• Application Number:
  US14/595,455
• Publication Number:
  US 20150124624A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 370/236
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/5022 by giving priorities, e.g. assigning classes of service
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/52 specially adapted for the location of the user terminal
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 28/0215 based on user or device properties, e.g. MTC-capable devices services for machine-to-machine communication [M2M] or machine type communication [MTC] H04W4/70; wireless resource selection or allocation plan definition based on terminal or device properties H04W72/51
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 28/20 Negotiating bandwidth
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/02 Services making use of location information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/029 Location-based management or tracking services
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 48/04 based on user or terminal location or mobility data, e.g. moving direction, speed
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 64/00 Locating users or terminals or network equipment for network management purposes, e.g. mobility management
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/0453 Resources in frequency domain, e.g. a carrier in FDMA
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/54 based on quality criteria
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/543 based on requested quality, e.g. QoS
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/005 Discovery of network devices, e.g. terminals
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 84/12 WLAN [Wireless Local Area Networks]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/08 Access point devices

Abstract

A subscription detail may be provided, where the subscription detail indicating quality of service levels for a subscriber device seeking to access a wireless Local Area Network (LAN) maintained by a base station, the subscription detail indicating a first quality of service in a first network context, and the subscription detail indicating a second quality of service in a second network context. A particular subscriber device is detected in a wireless LAN. Access over the wireless LAN is provided to the particular subscriber device at a first quality of service level based on a first network context in accordance with a subscription detail. Access over the wireless LAN is provided to the particular subscriber device at a second quality of service level based on the second network context in accordance with the subscription detail.

Claims

1. A system comprising:

a subscriptions database for storing a subscription detail, the subscription detail indicating quality of service levels for a subscriber device seeking to access a wireless Local Area Network (LAN) maintained by a base station, the subscription detail indicating a first quality of service in a first network context, and the subscription detail indicating a second quality of service in a second network context;

a management system coupled to the subscriptions database and to the base station, the management system configured to instruct the base station to;

detect a particular subscriber device in the wireless LAN;

provide access over the wireless LAN to the particular subscriber device at a first quality of service level based on the first network context in accordance with the subscription detail; and

provide access over the wireless LAN to the particular subscriber device at a second quality of service level based on the second network context in accordance with the subscription detail.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the first network access context comprises a first time corresponding to first properties of the network connection.

3. The system of claim 2, wherein the second network access context comprises a second time corresponding to second properties of the network connection.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the first network access context comprises a first location corresponding to first properties of the network connection.

5. The system of claim 4, wherein the second network access context comprises a second location corresponding to second properties of the network connection.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein the first quality of service level comprises a residential quality of service level, and the second quality of service level comprises a business quality of service level.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein the first quality of service level comprises a first bandwidth, and the second quality of service level comprises a second bandwidth different than the first bandwidth.

8. The system of claim 1, wherein the management system distributes the subscription detail to the base station.

9. A method comprising:

providing a subscription detail, the subscription detail indicating quality of service levels for a subscriber device seeking to access a wireless Local Area Network (LAN) maintained by a base station, the subscription detail indicating a first quality of service in a first network context, and the subscription detail indicating a second quality of service in a second network context;

detecting a particular subscriber device in a wireless LAN;

providing access over the wireless LAN to the particular subscriber device at a first quality of service level based on a first network context in accordance with a subscription detail; and

provide access over the wireless LAN to the particular subscriber device at a second quality of service level based on the second network context in accordance with the subscription detail.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein the first network access context comprises a first time corresponding to first properties of the network connection.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein the second network access context comprises a second time corresponding to second properties of the network connection.

12. The method of claim 9, wherein the first network access context comprises a first location corresponding to first properties of the network connection.

13. The method of claim 12, wherein the second network access context comprises a second location corresponding to second properties of the network connection.

14. The method of claim 9, wherein the first quality of service level comprises a residential quality of service level, and the second quality of service level comprises a business quality of service level.

15. The method of claim 9, wherein the first quality of service level comprises a first bandwidth, and the second quality of service level comprises a second bandwidth different than the first bandwidth.

16. The method of claim 10, further comprising distributing the subscription detail to the base station.

19. A base station comprising:

a network interface configured to access a subscriptions database for storing a subscription detail, the subscription detail indicating quality of service levels for a subscriber device seeking to access a wireless Local Area Network (LAN) maintained by the base station, the subscription detail indicating a first quality of service in a first network context, and the subscription detail indicating a second quality of service in a second network context;

a management system configured to;

detect a particular subscriber device in the wireless LAN;

provide access over the wireless LAN to the particular subscriber device at a first quality of service level based on the first network context in accordance with the subscription detail; and

provide access over the wireless LAN to the particular subscriber device at a second quality of service level based on the second network context in accordance with the subscription detail.

20. The base station of claim 19, wherein the first network access context comprises a first time corresponding to first properties of the network connection.

21. The base station of claim 20, wherein the second network access context comprises a second time corresponding to second properties of the network connection.

22. The base station of claim 19, wherein the first network access context comprises a first location corresponding to first properties of the network connection.

23. The base station of claim 22, wherein the second network access context comprises a second location corresponding to second properties of the network connection.