Network management based on mobility agent binding tables

• US 8,254,910 B1
• Filed: 06/08/2009
• Issued: 08/28/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 06/08/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: T-Mobile Innovations LLC (Deutsche Telekom AG)
• Original Assignee: Sprint Communications Company LP (Deutsche Telekom AG)
• Inventors: Breau, Jeremy R., Nebergall, Terry D., Rogers, Frederick C., Shojayi, Joseph Christopher
• Primary Examiner(s): Hu, Jinsong
• Assistant Examiner(s): Georgewill, Opiribo
• Application Number:
  US12/480,679
• Time in Patent Office: 1,177 Days
• Field of Search: 455/423, 455/445, 455/425, 455/424, 455/422.1, 455/522, 455/525, 370/352
• US Class Current: 455/424
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 24/00 Supervisory, monitoring or testing arrangements
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 28/18 Negotiating wireless communication parameters
• 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 4/08 User group management
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 52/286 during data packet transmission, e.g. high speed packet access [HSPA]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 52/325 Power control of control or pilot channels
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/186 Processing of subscriber group data
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/22 Processing or transfer of terminal data, e.g. status or physical capabilities
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/08 Access point devices

Abstract

Systems and methods provide network management based on mobility agent binding tables. A query component queries mobility agent binding tables to obtain mobile devices'"'"' data. The data may identify a group of mobile devices or the mobile devices may be in a geographic location. The query component may send a message to the group of mobile devices via the mobile devices'"'"' network access identifiers. A base transceiver station'"'"'s operational parameter may be adjusted based on a comparison of the data to a threshold. Binding tables'"'"' updates may be written in response to receipt of updates, or binding tables may be accessed. Binding tables may be queried to obtain mobile devices'"'"' data to promote management action. The data may identify home agent binding tables, foreign agent binding tables, packet data serving nodes, radio network controllers, base transceiver stations, network access identifiers, home addresses, care of addresses, and time to live.

Claims

1. A computer implemented method for network management based on mobility agent binding tables, comprising:

querying a plurality of mobility agent binding tables to obtain data associated with a plurality of mobile devices in a geographic location, wherein the data is associated with at least two of a home agent binding table, a foreign agent binding table, a packet data serving node, a radio network controller, and a base transceiver station, wherein at least one of the plurality of mobility agent binding tables comprises time stamps associated with internet protocol communications for a plurality of mobile devices;

comparing the data to at least one threshold;

adjusting an operational parameter of a base transceiver station based on the comparison, wherein adjusting the operational parameter of the base transceiver station is also based on at least one of an adjustment cost and an adjustment benefit, and wherein the operational parameter is a parameter associated with at least one of a radio frequency loading factor, a dynamic hand down distance, a pilot signal power, a supplemental channel admission threshold, an overhead and traffic channel power, a voice power control, a data power control, a handoff, a subscriber access control, and timing and access;

identifying a group of mobile devices based on the time stamps exceeding a time stamp threshold; and

terminating the internet protocol communication for the plurality of mobile devices.

2. The computer implemented method of claim 1, wherein adjusting the operational parameter of the base transceiver station is also based on subscriptions of selected mobile device subscribers.

3. The computer implemented method of claim 1, wherein adjusting the operational parameter of the base transceiver station is also based on adjusting for mobile device subscribers with more dropped calls than a dropped calls threshold.

4. The computer implemented method of claim 1, wherein the adjustment is at least one of a cell tower antenna tilt and a cell tower antenna rotation.

5. The computer implemented method of claim 1, wherein the adjustment is based on voice quality, dropped calls, and coverage area.

6. The computer implemented method of claim 1, wherein adjusting the operational parameter of the base transceiver station comprises outputting a request via a user interface.

7. The computer implemented method of claim 6, wherein the request is for additional hardware.

8. The computer implemented method of claim 6, wherein the request is to shut down the base transceiver station.

9. The computer implemented method of claim 1, further comprising establishing a frequency period for subsequent adjustments based on determining whether the adjustment produced a desired result.

10. The computer implemented method of claim 1, further comprising adjusting another operational parameter of another base transceiver station based on another comparison and the data.

11. A system for network management based on mobility agent binding tables, comprising:

a first processor on a home agent;

a home agent component, when executed by the first processor, that promotes at least one of writing a home agent update to a home agent binding table in response to receipt of a home agent update and accessing the home agent binding table, wherein the home agent binding table stores data that identifies at least one of a network access identifier, a home address, a foreign agent, a care of address, a policy server, an authentication-authorization-accounting server, and a time to live;

a second processor on a foreign agent;

a foreign agent component, when executed by the second processor, that promotes at least one of writing a foreign agent update to a foreign agent binding table in response to receipt of a foreign agent update and accessing the foreign agent binding table, wherein the foreign agent binding table stores data that identifies at least one of the network access identifier, the home agent, the home address, the care of address, a radio network controller, a communication technology, an international mobile subscriber identification, and the time to live;

a third processor on a network component;

a query component, when executed by the third processor, that queries at least one of the foreign agent binding table and the home agent binding table to obtain data associated with a plurality of mobile devices to promote a management action, wherein the at least one of the foreign agent binding table and the home agent binding table store time stamps associated with internet protocol communications for the plurality of mobile devices, and wherein the query component, when executed by the third processor, identifies a group of mobile devices based on the time stamps exceeding a time stamp threshold and terminates internet protocol communication for the group of mobile devices.

12. The system of claim 11, wherein the home agent component comprises an application program interface that promotes accessing the home agent binding table, and the foreign agent component comprises an application program interface that promotes accessing the foreign agent binding table.

13. The system of claim 11, wherein the home agent binding table is located with the home agent and the foreign agent binding table is located with the foreign agent.

14. The system of claim 11, wherein the home agent binding table and the foreign agent binding table are located with a second network component.

15. The system of claim 11, wherein the management action is adjusting an operation parameter of a base transceiver station.

16. The system of claim 15, where the adjusting an operation parameter of a base transceiver station is based on comparing the data to at least one threshold.

17. The system of claim 11, wherein the query component, when executed by the third processor, sends a message to a group of mobile devices identified based on the data via network access identifiers associated with the group of mobile devices.