Automatic quality of service based resource allocation
First Claim
1. In a wireless communication network that comprises a first portable system providing a current information output service at a current quality level to a user, a method for allocating a resource of a second system external to the first portable system to provide improved quality of service to the user, the method comprising:
- establishing a wireless communication link between the first portable system and the second system;
determining whether utilizing a resource of the second system in conjunction with the first portable system will provide the current information output service to the user at a higher quality level than the current quality level, wherein said determining comprises determining whether the second system has access to information encoded using a lower loss encoding technique than used to encode information to which the first portable system has access; and
if it is determined that utilizing the resource of the second system in conjunction with the first portable system will provide the current information output service to the user at a higher quality level, then allocating the resource of the second system for such utilization.
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Abstract
A system and method for providing quality-of-service based network resource allocation and utilization in a dynamic network environment. For example, a wireless communication network may comprise a first system and a second system. The first system may provide a current service to a user at a current quality level. The first system and second system may establish a wireless communication link. At least one of the first and second systems may determine whether utilizing one or more resources of the second system will provide the current service to the user at a higher level of quality than the current quality level. One or more resources of the second system may be allocated for providing the current service to a user at a higher quality level. The allocated resources may be utilized to provide the current service to the user at a higher quality level than the current quality level.
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43 Claims
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1. In a wireless communication network that comprises a first portable system providing a current information output service at a current quality level to a user, a method for allocating a resource of a second system external to the first portable system to provide improved quality of service to the user, the method comprising:
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establishing a wireless communication link between the first portable system and the second system; determining whether utilizing a resource of the second system in conjunction with the first portable system will provide the current information output service to the user at a higher quality level than the current quality level, wherein said determining comprises determining whether the second system has access to information encoded using a lower loss encoding technique than used to encode information to which the first portable system has access; and if it is determined that utilizing the resource of the second system in conjunction with the first portable system will provide the current information output service to the user at a higher quality level, then allocating the resource of the second system for such utilization. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. In a first portable system in a wireless communication network, a method for obtaining allocation of a resource of a second system to provide improved quality of service to a user, the method comprising:
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providing a current information output service at a current quality level to a user; establishing a wireless communication link with a second system external to the first portable system in the wireless communication network; determining whether utilizing a resource of the second system in conjunction with the first portable system will provide the current information output service to the user at a higher quality level than the current quality level, wherein said determining comprises determining whether the second system has access to information encoded using a lower loss encoding technique than used to encode information to which the first portable system has access; and if it is determined that utilizing the resource of the second system in conjunction with the first portable system will provide the current information output service to the user at a higher quality level than the current quality level, then requesting allocation of the resource of the second system for such utilization. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. In a second system in a wireless communication network, a method for allocating a resource of the second system to provide improved quality of service to a user, the method comprising:
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establishing a wireless communication link with a first portable system, the first portable system currently providing a current information output service at a current quality level to a user; communicating with the first portable system to determine whether utilizing a resource of the second system in conjunction with the first portable system will provide the current information output service to the user at a higher quality level than the current quality level, wherein said determining comprises determining whether the second system has access to information encoded using a lower loss encoding technique than used to encode information to which the first portable system has access; and if it is determined that utilizing a resource of the second system in conjunction with the first portable system will provide the current information output service to the user at a higher quality level, then allocating the resource of the second system for such use. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29)
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30. A first portable system for providing an information output service to a user in a wireless communication network, the first portable system comprising:
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a communication module adapted to establish a communication link with a second system in the wireless communication network; a user interface module; a local processing module, communicatively coupled to the user interface module, adapted to utilize the user interface module to provide a current information output service to a user at a current quality level; a quality control module, communicatively coupled to the communication module, adapted to communicate capability information with the second system to determine whether utilizing a resource of the second system in conjunction with the first portable system will provide the current information output service to the user at a higher quality level than the current quality level by, at least in part, determining whether the second system has access to information encoded using a lower loss encoding technique than used to encode information to which the first portable system has access; and a distributed processing module, communicatively coupled to the communication module, adapted to request allocation of the resource of the second system for providing the current information output service to the user at a higher quality level than the current quality level. - View Dependent Claims (31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36)
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37. A second system for providing an information output service to a user in a wireless communication network, the wireless communication network comprising a first portable system providing a current information output service to the user at a current quality level, the second system comprising:
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a communication module adapted to establish a communication link with the first portable system in the wireless communication network; a quality control module, communicatively coupled to the communication module, adapted to communicate capability information with the first portable system to determine whether utilizing a resource of the second system in conjunction with the first portable system will provide the current information output service to the user at a higher quality level than the current quality level by, at least in part, determining whether the second system has access to information encoded using a lower loss encoding technique than used to encode information to which the first portable system has access; and a resource allocation module adapted to allocate the resource of the second system for providing the current information output service to the user at a higher quality level than the current quality level. - View Dependent Claims (38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43)
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