Systems, methods and devices to enable management of wireless network resources
First Claim
1. A method of managing communication at a wireless access point, comprising:
- receiving a request from a first access terminal for access to system resources provided from the wireless access point;
determining whether the first access terminal is a member of a group or a non-member;
determining a level of service from one of a plurality of levels of service for the first access terminal based on whether the first access terminal is a member or a non-member, wherein the respective levels of service for members and non-members are different;
determining whether at least one access terminal has an established link to the wireless access point and is a non-member having a respective quality of service (QoS) that can be decreased to accommodate providing access to the first access terminal; and
selectively adjusting a QoS of communication between the wireless access point and at least one second access terminal comprising the at least one access terminal based on both at least one value indicative of system resources and whether at least one of the first and at least one second access terminals is a member of a group, wherein a member has priority access to system resources over a non-member.
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Abstract
The present disclosure provides systems, methods and devices for selectively adjusting a quality of service QoS of communication between a wireless access point and a UE based on both a value indicative of system resources and closed subscriber group (CSG) subscription data, such that a member has priority access to system resources over a non-member. The systems, methods and devices described herein allow an access point operating in a hybrid mode to discriminate between CSG members and non-members, without having to terminate communication links in order to provide CSG members with particular QoS levels. In some embodiments, non-members can maintain or establish new communication links with lower QoS levels in order to utilize unused and available capacity, thereby increasing the utilization of system resources available through femto nodes operating in a hybrid mode.
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46 Claims
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1. A method of managing communication at a wireless access point, comprising:
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receiving a request from a first access terminal for access to system resources provided from the wireless access point; determining whether the first access terminal is a member of a group or a non-member; determining a level of service from one of a plurality of levels of service for the first access terminal based on whether the first access terminal is a member or a non-member, wherein the respective levels of service for members and non-members are different; determining whether at least one access terminal has an established link to the wireless access point and is a non-member having a respective quality of service (QoS) that can be decreased to accommodate providing access to the first access terminal; and selectively adjusting a QoS of communication between the wireless access point and at least one second access terminal comprising the at least one access terminal based on both at least one value indicative of system resources and whether at least one of the first and at least one second access terminals is a member of a group, wherein a member has priority access to system resources over a non-member. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A wireless access point comprising:
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a receiver configured to receive a request from a first access terminal for access to system resources provided from the wireless access point; a transmitter configured to provide a forward channel between the wireless access point and one or more access terminals, wherein the forward channel comprises at least a portion of the system resources; a controller configured to execute code; and non-transitory computer readable memory storing code that when executed by the controller is configured to (i) determine whether the first access terminal is a member of a group or a non-member, (ii) determine a level of service from one of a plurality of levels of service for the first access terminal based on whether the first access terminal is a member or a non-member, wherein the respective levels of service for members and non-members is different, (iii) determine whether at least one access terminal has an established link to the wireless access point and is a non-member having a respective quality of service (QoS) that can be decreased to accommodate providing access to the first access terminal, and (iv) selectively adjust a QoS of communication between the wireless access point and at least one second access terminal comprising the at least one access terminal based on both at least one value indicative of system resources and whether at least one of the first and at least one second access terminals is a member of a group, wherein a member has priority access to system resources over a non-member. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33)
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34. A computer program product comprising a non-transitory machine readable medium having machine executable instructions stored thereon, that when executed by a computing device are configured to:
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determine whether a first access terminal is a member of a group or a non-member; determine a level of service from one of a plurality of levels of service for the first access terminal based on whether the first access terminal is a member or a non-member, wherein the respective levels of service for members and non-members is different; determine whether at least one access terminal has an established link to the wireless access point and is a non-member having a respective quality of service (QoS) that can be decreased to accommodate providing access to the first access terminal; and selectively adjust a QoS of communication between the wireless access point and at least one second access terminal comprising the at least one access terminal based on both at least one value indicative of system resources and whether at least one of the first and at least one second access terminals is a member of a group, wherein a member has priority access to system resources over a non-member. - View Dependent Claims (35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43)
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44. A wireless access point comprising:
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means for receiving a request from a first access terminal for access to system resources provided from the wireless access point; means for determining at least one value indicative of system resources provided from the wireless access point; means for determining a level of service from one of a plurality of levels of service to the first access terminal based on whether the first access terminal is a member or a non-member, wherein the respective levels of service for members and non-members is different; means for determining whether at least one access terminal has an established link to the wireless access point and is a non-member having a respective quality of service (QoS) that can be decreased to accommodate providing access to the first access terminal; and means for selectively adjust a QoS of communication between the wireless access point and at least one second access terminal based on both the at least one value indicative of system resources and whether at least one of the first and at least one second access terminals is a member of a group, wherein a member has priority access to system resources over a non-member. - View Dependent Claims (45, 46)
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