Wireless communication system having mobility-based content delivery

• US 8,725,172 B2
• Filed: 06/02/2009
• Issued: 05/13/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 04/30/2001
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: IPR Licensing Incorporated (InterDigital, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: IPR Licensing Incorporated (InterDigital, Inc.)
• Inventors: Gorsuch, Thomas E.
• Primary Examiner(s): Vuong, Quochien B
• Application Number:
  US12/476,377
• Publication Number:
  US 20090238119A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,806 Days
• Field of Search: 455/406, 455/414.1, 455/418, 455/419, 455/432.1, 455/432.2, 455/433, 455/436, 455/450, 455/452.1, 455/452.2, 455/456.1, 455/456.3, 455/456.6, 370/331, 370/342
• US Class Current: 455/456.3
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/06 Buying, selling or leasing transactions
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 47/24 Traffic characterised by specific attributes, e.g. priority or QoS
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/22 Parsing or analysis of headers
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 15/00 Arrangements for metering, time-control or time indication ; Metering, charging or billing arrangements for voice wireline or wireless communications, e.g. VoIP
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 15/16 according to connection obtained
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 15/745 Customizing according to wishes of subscriber, e.g. friends or family
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 15/80 Rating or billing plans; Tariff determination aspects
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 15/8016 based on quality of service [QoS]
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 15/8033 location-dependent, e.g. business or home
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 15/8214 Data or packet based
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2215/0108 Customization according to wishes of subscriber, e.g. customer preferences, friends and family, selecting services or billing options, Personal Communication Systems [PCS]
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2215/0152 General billing plans, rate plans, e.g. charge rates, numbering plans, rate centers, customer accounts
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2215/0168 On line or real-time flexible customization or negotiation according to wishes of subscriber
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2215/2013 Fixed data network, e.g. PDN, ATM, B-ISDN
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2215/2026 Wireless network, e.g. GSM, PCS, TACS
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2215/206 CDMA, i.e. Code Division Multiple Access
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2215/22 Bandwidth or usage-sensitve billing
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2215/32 Involving wireless systems
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2215/7414 QoS
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2215/7435 Location dependent, e.g. Bussiness or home
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2215/782 : Data or packet based
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/4938 : comprising a voice browser which renders and interprets, e.g. VoiceXML
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 24/02 : Arrangements for optimising operational condition
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 24/08 : Testing, supervising or monitoring using real traffic
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 28/0226 : based on location or mobility handoff or reselection H04W36/00; mobile application services making use of the location of users or terminals H04W4/02
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 28/24 : Negotiating SLA [Service Level Agreement]; Negotiating QoS [Quality of Service]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 36/0072 : of resource information of target access point
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/027 : using movement velocity, acceleration information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/24 : Accounting or billing
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/30 : Services specially adapted for particular environments, situations or purposes

Abstract

A portable subscriber access unit includes a wireless transceiver and a processor. The processor controls the transceiver, determines a mobility state of the access unit, and determines a data packet content type. The transceiver transmits the mobility state, receives service rights based on the mobility state, and transmits the data packet on a condition that the content type is allowed by the service rights.

Claims

1. A method for affecting cell saturation in a wireless communication system by a subscriber access unit, comprising:

determining, at a subscriber access unit, a mobility state out of three potential mobility states of the subscriber access unit and receiving a wireless metric from a base station;

wherein the mobility state is determined based on mobility data in the subscriber access unit, the mobility data being related to a degraded performance of a wireless communication link; and

in response to the determined mobility state, using, by the subscriber access unit, the received wireless metric;

wherein the received wireless metric impacts a saturation of users in cells of the wireless communication system.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the three potential mobility states include stationary, pedestrian and mobile.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the determination of the mobility state is based on a timer.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the wireless metric impacts power or channel allocations.

5. A portable subscriber access unit, comprising:

a wireless transceiver; and

a processor;

the processor configured to;

control the wireless transceiver;

determine a mobility state of the subscriber access unit out of three potential mobility states based on mobility data in the subscriber access unit, the mobility data being related to a degraded performance of a wireless communication link; and

in response to the determined mobility state, apply a received wireless metric;

wherein the received wireless metric is associated with the determined mobility state;

wherein the received wireless metric impacts a saturation of users in cells of the wireless communication system; and

the wireless transceiver configured to;

receive the wireless metric from a base station.

6. The subscriber access unit of claim 5, wherein the three potential mobility states include stationary, pedestrian and mobile.

7. The subscriber access unit of claim 5, wherein the determination of the mobility state is based on a timer.

8. The subscriber access unit of claim 5, wherein the wireless metric impacts power or channel allocations.

9. The subscriber access unit of claim 5, wherein the processor is configured to determine a content type on a condition that the content type is represented by at least one of:

a service port number, a message protocol, and a file type.