Method and apparatus optimizing a radio link

• US 7,953,021 B2
• Filed: 05/08/2007
• Issued: 05/31/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 02/19/2002
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Avago Technologies International Sales Pte Limited (Broadcom, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Broadcom Corporation (Broadcom, Inc.)
• Inventors: Lotter, Michiel Petrus, van Rooyen, Pieter
• Primary Examiner(s): Ngo; Ricky
• Assistant Examiner(s): Liu; Ben H
• Application Number:
  US11/745,718
• Publication Number:
  US 20070206634A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,484 Days
• Field of Search: 370/252, 370/254, 370/332, 370/469
• US Class Current: 370/252
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 1/0007 by modifying the frame length
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 1/18 Automatic repetition systems, e.g. Van Duuren systems
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/0823 characterised by the purposes of a change of settings, e.g. optimising configuration for enhancing reliability for optimising operational conditions of wireless networks H04W24/02
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/5054 Automatic deployment of services triggered by the service manager, e.g. service implementation by automatic configuration of network components
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/509 wherein the managed service relates to media content delivery, e.g. audio, video or TV
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 43/08 Monitoring or testing based on specific metrics, e.g. QoS, energy consumption or environmental parameters
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/32 Architecture of open systems interconnection [OSI] 7-layer type protocol stacks, e.g. the interfaces between the data link level and the physical level
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/325 in the network layer [OSI layer 3], e.g. X.25 H04L69/16 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 28/06 Optimizing the usage of the radio link, e.g. header compression, information sizing , discarding information system modifying transmission characteristic according to link quality by modifying frame length H04L1/0007; dynamic adaptation of the packet size for flow control or congestion control H04L47/365
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 28/18 Negotiating wireless communication parameters
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 80/04 Network layer protocols, e.g. mobile IP [Internet Protocol]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 80/06 Transport layer protocols, e.g. TCP [Transport Control Protocol] over wireless transmission control protocol/Internet protocol [TCP/IP] or user datagram protocol [UDP] H04L69/16

Abstract

Optimizing a radio link is done by acquiring at least OSI layer one and two performance measurements, determining an optimum setting collection for at least OSI layer three to a top layer, then configuring at least the OSI layer three to the top layer based upon the optimum setting collection. The top layer is at least OSI layer four. The invention includes optimized radio links, methods of making optimized radio links, revenue generating making optimized radio links by providing means for optimizing the radio link.

Claims

1. A method for wirelessly communicating using a mobile wireless communication device, comprising:

(a) determining, by the mobile wireless communication device, capabilities of a plurality of wireless networks from a plurality of radio stations available to the mobile wireless communication device;

(b) acquiring, by a radio link optimizer, a measured parameter collection from at least a physical layer implemented in a radio transceiver and a data link layer implemented in a communication processor of the mobile wireless communication device, the radio link optimizer being in two-way communication with the communication processor, the radio transceiver and an application layer;

(c) determining, by the radio link optimizer, an optimum setting collection for at least a network layer and a transport layer implemented in the communication processor of the mobile wireless communication device based on the acquired parameter collection and one or more goals; and

(d) configuring, by the radio link optimizer, the radio transceiver to configure the physical layer and the communication processor to configure at least the network layer and the transport layer of the mobile wireless communication device based on the determined optimum setting collection.

2. The method according to claim 1, comprising:

selecting a particular available wireless network based on at least the one or more goals.

3. The method according to claim 2, wherein the configured network layer of the mobile wireless communication device is optimized for the selected particular available wireless network.

4. The method according to claim 1, wherein a user of the mobile wireless communication device determines the one or more goals.

5. The method according to claim 1, wherein the plurality of wireless networks available to the mobile wireless communication device comprise a local area network.

6. The method according to claim 5, wherein the plurality of wireless networks available to the mobile wireless communication device comprise a packet-based cellular network.

7. The method according to claim 1, wherein the plurality of wireless networks available to the mobile wireless communication device comprise a cellular network.

8. The method according to claim 1, wherein the cellular network is a packet-based cellular network.

9. The method according to claim 8, wherein the plurality of wireless networks available to the mobile wireless communication device comprise a non-cellular network.

10. The method according to claim 1, wherein the plurality of wireless networks available to the mobile wireless communication device comprise a non-cellular network.

11. The method according to claim 1, wherein (c) comprises determining the optimum setting collection for at least the network layer, the transport layer and an application layer of the mobile wireless communication device based on the acquired parameter collection and the one or more goals.

12. The method according to claim 1, wherein (c) comprises determining the optimum setting collection for at least the network layer, the transport layer and a session layer of the mobile wireless communication device based on the acquired parameter collection and the one or more goals.

13. The method according to claim 1, wherein (d) comprises configuring at least the network layer, the transport layer and an application layer of the mobile wireless communication device based on the determined optimum setting collection.

14. The method according to claim 1, wherein (d) comprises configuring at least the network layer, the transport layer and a session layer of the mobile wireless communication device based on the determined optimum setting collection.

15. The method according to claim 1, wherein the one or more goals comprise conserving battery power of the mobile wireless communication device.

16. The method according to claim 1, wherein the one or more goals comprise reducing processing power of the mobile wireless communication device.

17. The method according to claim 1, wherein the one or more goals comprise achieving highest video quality.

18. The method according to claim 1, wherein the one or more goals comprise achieving highest audio quality.

19. The method according to claim 1, wherein the one or more goals comprise minimizing monetary cost.

20. The method according to claim 1, wherein (b) comprises acquiring a measured parameter collection from at least a physical layer, a data link layer, a network layer and a transport layer of the mobile wireless communication device.

21. The method according to claim 1, wherein plurality of radio stations do not have respective radio link optimizers that are counterparts to the radio link optimizer of the wireless communication device.

22. The method according to claim 1, wherein the plurality of radio stations comprise a fixed station and a second mobile wireless device.

23. A method for wirelessly communicating using a mobile wireless communication device, comprising:

(a) determining, by the mobile wireless communication device, capabilities of a plurality of wireless networks from one or more radio stations available to the mobile wireless communication device, wherein the one or more radio stations do not have respective radio link optimizers that are counterparts to a mobile radio link optimizer in the mobile wireless communication device;

(b) acquiring, by a mobile radio link optimizer, a measured parameter collection from at least a physical layer implemented in a radio transceiver and a data link layer implemented in a communication processor of the mobile wireless communication device, the mobile radio link optimizer being in two-way communication with the communication processor, the radio transceiver and an application layer;

(c) determining, by the mobile radio link optimizer, an optimum setting collection for at least a network layer and a transport layer implemented in the communication processor of the mobile wireless communication device based on the acquired parameter collection and one or more goals; and

(d) configuring, by the mobile radio link optimizer, the radio transceiver to configure the physical layer and the communication processor to configure at least the network layer and the transport layer of the mobile wireless communication device based on the determined optimum setting collection.

24. The method according to claim 23, wherein the one or more radio stations comprise a second mobile wireless device.