METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ROUTING TRAFFIC WITHIN A COMMUNICATION SYSTEM
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1. A method for calculating a geographic route, the method comprises the steps of:
- determining a destination for a person or vehicle;
determining a current location of the person or vehicle;
determining locations of coverage areas for base stations;
determining RF load levels for the base stations;
determining those base stations having RF load levels above a predetermined threshold; and
determining a geographic route based on the current location, the destination, the coverage areas, and the RF load levels, the geographic route existing between the current location and the destination and avoids coverage areas of base stations having RF load levels above the predetermined threshold.
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Abstract
A method and apparatus for routing traffic around geographic location (such as an incident scene) is provided herein. During operation, base station RF load levels will be obtained. Any vehicle not part of the incident will be geographic routed around overloaded base stations. Because vehicles will be geographic routed around overloaded base stations, the overloaded base stations will not have to handle the additional RF load from the appropriately-geographic routed vehicles.
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1. A method for calculating a geographic route, the method comprises the steps of:
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determining a destination for a person or vehicle; determining a current location of the person or vehicle; determining locations of coverage areas for base stations; determining RF load levels for the base stations; determining those base stations having RF load levels above a predetermined threshold; and determining a geographic route based on the current location, the destination, the coverage areas, and the RF load levels, the geographic route existing between the current location and the destination and avoids coverage areas of base stations having RF load levels above the predetermined threshold. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. An apparatus comprising:
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a database comprising a map containing locations of coverage areas for base stations; and logic circuitry determining a destination for a person or vehicle, determining a current location of the person or vehicle, accessing the database to determine locations of coverage areas for base stations, determining a RF load level for base stations, determining those base stations having RF load levels above a predetermined threshold, and determining a geographic route based on the current location, the destination, the coverage areas, and the RF load levels, the geographic route existing between the current location and the destination and avoids coverage areas of base stations having RF load levels above a predetermined threshold. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A method for calculating a geographic route, the method comprises the steps of:
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determining a destination for a person or vehicle; determining a current location of the person or vehicle; determining locations of coverage areas for base stations; determining RF load levels for base stations; determining traffic conditions for possible geographic routes between the current location and the destination; determining those base stations having RF load levels above a predetermined threshold; determining a geographic route based on the current location, the traffic conditions;
the destination, the coverage areas, and the RF load levels, the geographic route existing between the current location and the destination and avoids coverage areas of base stations having RF load levels above a predetermined threshold;wherein the step of determining the geographic route comprises the step of determining the geographic route that has a travel time within a certain percentage of the shortest geographic route; wherein the step of determining the RF load levels comprises the step of determining how much transmission and/or reception capacity currently being utilized; the step of determining the destination comprises the step of determining a location of a public-safety incident; wherein the step of determining coverage areas for a particular base station comprises the step of determining an area where any communications from a device will utilize resources from the base station; and transmitting the determined geographic route to the person or vehicle.
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