Wireless subscriber network registration system for configurable services

• US 6,941,152 B2
• Filed: 04/24/2001
• Issued: 09/06/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 04/24/2001
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: IPR Licensing Incorporated (InterDigital, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: IPR Licensing Incorporated (InterDigital, Inc.)
• Inventors: Proctor, James A. Jr., Francesca, Anthony
• Primary Examiner(s): Trost, William
• Assistant Examiner(s): Ewart, James D
• Application Number:
  US09/841,695
• Publication Number:
  US 20020155829A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,596 Days
• Field of Search: 455/169, 455/435.1, 455/522, 455/423, 455/67.11, 455/560, 375/219, 343/700, 343/824, 343/703
• US Class Current: 455/522
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 7/0617 for beam forming
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/12 Discovery or management of network topologies
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 16/14 Spectrum sharing arrangements between different networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 16/24 Cell structures
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 28/18 Negotiating wireless communication parameters
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 52/42 in systems with time, space, frequency or polarisation diversity
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 60/00 Affiliation to network, e.g. registration; Terminating affiliation with the network, e.g. de-registration

Abstract

In a wireless telecommunications network, wireless transmissions are carried via an RF medium between users and a central wireless transceiver, or base station processor. A subscriber access unit connected to a user device such as a user PC is employed to transmit wireless messages to and from the base station processor. Multiple, simultaneous wireless transmissions to the base station from different subscriber access units can have a tendency to interfere with each other. Subscriber access units employing an omnidirectional antenna or which are highly mobile will tend to experience more interference than stationary users or subscriber access units employing a directional antenna. The allocation of wireless transmission resources to retransmit wireless messages over a lossy link can have a detrimental effect on wireless resources available for other users. A system which allows a subscriber access unit to register device capabilities with a base station processor to determine the degree to which a particular subscriber access unit may be prone to interference provides computation and adjustment of transmission constraints for each subscriber access unit accordingly to maximize throughput.

Claims

1. A method for managing transmission constraints based on subscriber device capabilities comprising:

determining a set of device capabilities corresponding to a transceiver device;

registering the device capabilities with a central wireless transceiver device;

computing a set of transmission constraints based on the device capabilities; and

applying the transmission constraints corresponding to the transceiver device to transmissions between the transceiver device and the central transceiver device, wherein the device capabilities further include antenna characteristics, wherein the antenna characteristics include characteristics selected from the group consisting of omnidirectional, one degree of freedom, and multiple degrees of freedom, wherein applying the transmission constraints include allocating a greater data rate to a subscriber corresponding to an antenna having at least one degree of freedom than to a subscriber corresponding to an omnidirectional antenna.

2. A method for managing transmission constraints based on subscriber device capabilities comprising:

determining a set of device capabilities corresponding to a transceiver device;

registering the device capabilities with a central wireless transceiver device;

computing a set of transmission constraints based on the device capabilities; and

applying the transmission constraints corresponding to the transceiver device to transmissions between the transceiver device and the central transceiver device, wherein the device capabilities include parameters selected from the group consisting of fixed, mobile, and pedestrian, wherein the power level to 23 dBm when the device capabilities indicate mobile.

3. A method for managing transmission constraints based on subscriber device capabilities comprising:

determining a set of device capabilities corresponding to a transceiver device;

registering the device capabilities with a central wireless transceiver device;

computing a set of transmission constraints based on the device capabilities; and

applying the transmission constraints corresponding to the transceiver device to transmissions between the transceiver device and the central transceiver device, wherein the device capabilities include parameters selected from the group consisting of fixed, mobile, and pedestrian, wherein the transmission constraints include a power level greater than 23 dBm when the device capabilities indicate fixed.

4. A system for managing transmission constraints in a wireless network comprising:

a plurality of wireless transceiver devices operable to transmit and receive wireless messages, the wireless transceiver devices having device capabilities;

a registration manager operable to compute transmission constraints for the wireless transceiver devices based on the device capabilities; and

a capacity manager operable to apply the transmission constraints to at least one of the wireless transceiver devices, wherein the device capabilities further include antenna characteristics, wherein the antenna characteristics include characteristics selected from the group consisting of omnidirectional, one degree of freedom, and multiple degrees of freedom, wherein the transmission constraints include allocating greater data rate to a subscriber corresponding to an antenna having at least one degree of freedom than to a subscriber corresponding to an omnidirectional antenna.

5. A system for managing transmission constraints in a wireless network comprising:

a plurality of wireless transceiver devices operable to transmit and receive wireless messages, the wireless transceiver devices having device capabilities;

a registration manager operable to compute transmission constraints for the wireless transceiver devices based on the device capabilities; and

a capacity manager operable to apply the transmission constraints to at least one of the wireless transceiver devices, wherein the device capabilities include parameters selected from the group consisting of fixed, mobile, and pedestrian, wherein the transmission constraints limit the power level to 23 dBm when the device capabilities indicate mobile.

6. A system for managing transmission constraints in a wireless network comprising:

a plurality of wireless transceiver devices operable to transmit and receive wireless messages, the wireless transceiver devices having device capabilities;

a registration manager operable to compute transmission constraints for the wireless transceiver devices based on the device capabilities; and

a capacity manager operable to apply the transmission constraints to at least one of the wireless transceiver devices, wherein the device capabilities include parameters selected from the group consisting of fixed, mobile, and pedestrian, wherein the transmission constraints include a power level greater than 23 dBm when the device capabilities indicate fixed.