Method and system for transmitting a query in a wireless network

• US 8,346,758 B2
• Filed: 08/31/2010
• Issued: 01/01/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 08/31/2010
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Agrawal, Dakshi, Zafer, Murtaza
• Primary Examiner(s): Ly, Anh
• Application Number:
  US12/872,943
• Publication Number:
  US 20120054172A1
• Time in Patent Office: 854 Days
• Field of Search: 707/713, 707/E17.017, 707/E17.129, 707/E17.069, 707/797, 707/769, 707/788, 370/328, 455/456.1
• US Class Current: 707/713
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/18 Information format or content conversion, e.g. adaptation by the network of the transmitted or received information for the purpose of wireless delivery to users or terminals

Abstract

A method of transmitting a query in a wireless network includes receiving a plurality of queries from a plurality of user equipments, aggregating the plurality of queries at a node of the network, the network including at least one of an access point of the network and an intermediate node of the network, and transmitting the aggregated plurality of queries to a query server.

Claims

1. A method of transmitting a query in a wireless network, comprising:

receiving a plurality of queries from a plurality of user equipments, the plurality of user equipments comprising a plurality of spatially-located user equipments;

detecting the plurality of spatially-located user equipments based on an intensity of spatial correlations among the plurality of queries generated by the plurality of user equipments;

aggregating the plurality of queries at a node of the network, the node including at least one of an access point of the network and an intermediate node of the network, the aggregating of the plurality of queries comprising aggregating the plurality of queries over the plurality of spatially-located user equipments; and

transmitting the aggregated plurality of queries to a query server.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

retrieving data in response to the aggregated plurality of queries; and

filtering the retrieved data and serving the filtered data to a user equipment of the plurality of user equipments.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the aggregating of the plurality of queries is based on an intensity of congestion in the network.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the aggregating of the plurality of queries comprises aggregating the plurality of queries over a period of time.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the aggregating of the plurality of queries comprises aggregating the plurality of queries based on account priority and the period of time to optimize the aggregating of the plurality of queries.

6. The method of claim 4, further comprising:

detecting a plurality of querying applications which generate the plurality of queries; and

setting the period of time based on the plurality of querying applications.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein the setting of the period of time comprises setting the period of time based on a latency tolerance among the plurality of querying applications.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the aggregating of the plurality of queries comprises aggregating the plurality of queries based on location prediction information to optimize the aggregating of the plurality of queries.

9. A wireless network, comprising:

a plurality of user equipments for transmitting a plurality of queries, the plurality of user equipments comprising a plurality of spatially-located user equipments;

a query aggregator which aggregates the plurality of queries at a node of the network, the node including at least one of an access point of the network and an intermediate node of the network, the query aggregator aggregating the plurality of queries over the plurality of spatially-located user equipments; and

a query server which receives the aggregated plurality of queries,

wherein the query aggregator detects the plurality of spatially-located user equipments based on an intensity of spatial correlations among the plurality of queries generated by the plurality of user equipments.

10. The wireless network of claim 9, wherein the access point receives the plurality of queries and the intermediate node serves as a connection for the access point, and the query aggregator aggregates the plurality of queries over a period of time.

11. The wireless network of claim 10, wherein the plurality of queries are generated by a plurality of querying applications, and the query aggregator detects the plurality of querying applications and sets the period of time based on the plurality of querying applications.

12. The wireless network of claim 10, wherein the query aggregator sets the period of time based on a latency tolerance of the plurality of querying applications.

13. The wireless network of claim 9, wherein the query server retrieves data in response to the aggregated plurality of queries and transmits the retrieved data to the query aggregator, and the query aggregator filters the retrieved data and serves the filtered data to a user equipment of the plurality of user equipments.

14. The wireless network of claim 9, wherein the query aggregator aggregates the plurality of queries based on an intensity of congestion in the network.

15. The wireless network of claim 9, wherein the query aggregator aggregates the plurality of queries based on account priority and the period of time and based on location prediction information to optimize the aggregating of the plurality of queries.

16. The wireless network of claim 9, further comprising:

a core network including the query server,

wherein the intermediate node comprises a plurality of intermediate nodes including a packet-gateway node which serves as a gateway to the core network.

17. The wireless network of claim 16, wherein the plurality of intermediate node further comprises a mobility management entity and serving gateway node which is connected to the access point and to the packet gateway node, and

wherein the mobility management entity and serving gateway node manages a mobility of the plurality of user equipments across the plurality of access points and serves as a serving gateway for data.

18. The wireless network of claim 17, wherein the network comprises a Long Term Evolution (LTE) based network, and the access point comprises an eNodeB.

19. A method of transmitting a query in a wireless network, comprising:

receiving a plurality of queries from a plurality of user equipments, the plurality of user equipments comprising a plurality of spatially-located user equipments;

detecting the plurality of spatially-located user equipments based on an intensity of spatial correlations among the plurality of queries generated by the plurality of user equipments;

setting a period of time based on a latency of the querying application;

aggregating the plurality of queries at a node of the network over the period of time, the node including at least one of an access point of the network and an intermediate node of the network, the aggregating of the plurality of queries comprising aggregating the plurality of queries over the plurality of spatially-located user equipments;

transmitting the aggregated plurality of queries to a query server;

retrieving data in response to the aggregated plurality of queries and transmitting the retrieved data; and

filtering the retrieved data and serving the filtered data to the plurality of user equipments.

20. A wireless network, comprising:

a plurality of user equipments for transmitting a plurality of queries, the plurality of user equipments comprising a plurality of spatially-located user equipments;

a plurality of access points including an access point which receives the plurality of queries;

a query aggregator for detecting a querying application which generates a query of the plurality of queries, setting a period of time based on a latency tolerance of the querying application, and aggregating the plurality of queries at a node of the network over the period of time, the query aggregator aggregating the plurality of queries over the plurality of spatially-located user equipments, and the node including at least one of an access point in the plurality of access points and an intermediate node of the network, the intermediate node comprising;

a mobility management entity and serving gateway node which is connected to the plurality of access points and receives the plurality of queries from the access point; and

a packet-gateway node which is connected to the mobility management entity and serving gateway node; and

a core network including a query server which receives the aggregated plurality of queries from the packet-gateway node which serves as a gateway to the core network, the query server retrieving data in response to the aggregated plurality of queries and transmitting the retrieved data to the query aggregator which filters the retrieved data and serves the filtered data to the plurality of user equipments,

wherein the query aggregator detects the plurality of spatially-located user equipments based on an intensity of spatial correlations among the plurality of queries generated by the plurality of user equipments.

21. A programmable storage medium tangibly embodying a program of machine-readable instructions executable by a digital processing apparatus to perform a method of transmitting a query in a wireless network, the method comprising:

receiving a plurality of queries from a plurality of user equipments, the plurality of user equipments comprising a plurality of spatially-located user equipments;

detecting the plurality of spatially-located user equipments based on an intensity of spatial correlations among the plurality of queries generated by the plurality of user equipments;

aggregating the plurality of queries at a node of the network, the node including at least one of an access point of the network and an intermediate node of the network, the aggregating of the plurality of queries comprising aggregating the plurality of queries over the plurality of spatially-located user equipments; and

transmitting the aggregated plurality of queries to a query server.