Location-aware application based quality of service (QOS) via a broadband access gateway
First Claim
1. One or more circuits supporting access to multimedia information by an access device, using location-aware quality of service management in a communication network, the one or more circuits comprising:
- at least one processor operatively coupled to interface circuitry for communicating over the communication network, the at least one processor operable to, at least;
receive information identifying one or both of the access device and a user;
determine an approximate current location of the access device;
access at least one user-defined quality of service criterion based upon the information identifying one or both of an access device and a user;
accept a request for delivery of identified multimedia information;
using the approximate current location of the access device, determine a first available bandwidth at the approximate current location of the access device;
adjust at least one parameter of the identified multimedia information to conform to the first available bandwidth at the approximate current location of the access device and to conform to the at least one user-defined quality of service criterion to provide a first quality of service level upon delivery of the identified multimedia information to the user;
subsequently, following a location change of the access device in the communication network, determine a new location of the access device;
determine a second available bandwidth at the new location of the access device, the second available bandwidth being different from the first available bandwidth; and
adjust the at least one parameter of the identified multimedia information to conform to the second available bandwidth and to the at least one user-defined quality of service criterion to provide a second quality of service level upon delivery of the identified multimedia information to the user that is different from the first quality of service level.
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Abstract
A system and method supporting access to multimedia information based upon user-defined quality of service criteria is disclosed. A broadband access gateway may coordinate network behavior during the transition of an access device among communication pathways having different available capacities. Adjustments in bit rates and levels of compression may be made based upon the user-defined quality of service criteria. The user may be notified when network conditions disallow support for the desired quality of service, and may choose to override selected criteria. The user-defined quality of service criteria may be stored within the gateway and associated with a user, or may be located in the access device and accessible to the gateway.
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1. One or more circuits supporting access to multimedia information by an access device, using location-aware quality of service management in a communication network, the one or more circuits comprising:
at least one processor operatively coupled to interface circuitry for communicating over the communication network, the at least one processor operable to, at least; receive information identifying one or both of the access device and a user; determine an approximate current location of the access device; access at least one user-defined quality of service criterion based upon the information identifying one or both of an access device and a user; accept a request for delivery of identified multimedia information; using the approximate current location of the access device, determine a first available bandwidth at the approximate current location of the access device; adjust at least one parameter of the identified multimedia information to conform to the first available bandwidth at the approximate current location of the access device and to conform to the at least one user-defined quality of service criterion to provide a first quality of service level upon delivery of the identified multimedia information to the user; subsequently, following a location change of the access device in the communication network, determine a new location of the access device; determine a second available bandwidth at the new location of the access device, the second available bandwidth being different from the first available bandwidth; and adjust the at least one parameter of the identified multimedia information to conform to the second available bandwidth and to the at least one user-defined quality of service criterion to provide a second quality of service level upon delivery of the identified multimedia information to the user that is different from the first quality of service level. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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