Selection of a radio access bearer resource based on radio access bearer resource historical information

• US 8,892,112 B2
• Filed: 07/21/2011
• Issued: 11/18/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 07/21/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: AT&T Mobility II LLC (AT&T, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: AT&T Mobility II LLC (AT&T, Inc.)
• Inventors: Meredith, Sheldon, Austin, Mark, Kosseifi, Mario
• Primary Examiner(s): Brandt, Christopher M
• Assistant Examiner(s): DEAN, JR, JOSEPH E
• Application Number:
  US13/188,295
• Publication Number:
  US 20130023281A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,216 Days
• Field of Search: 455/456.1, 455/67.11, 455/555, 455/450, 455/436, 455/453, 455/452.2, 370/316, 370/329, 370/330
• US Class Current: 455/452.2
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 36/008375 based on historical data
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 36/322 by location data

Abstract

The disclosed subject matter provides for selecting a radio access bearer resource based on historical data related to the radio access bearer resource. Location information can be employed to determine a radio access bearer resource. Historical information related to the radio access bearer resource can then be employed to determine the suitability of the radio access bearer resource. A set of radio access bearer resources can be ordered or ranked to allow selection of a suitable radio access bearer resource from the set. Incorporation of historical information can provide for additional metrics in the selection of a radio access bearer resource over simple contemporaneous radio access bearer resource information. In some embodiments timed fingerprint location (TFL) information can be employed to determine a location.

Claims

1. A system, comprising:

a memory to store executable instructions; and

a processor, coupled to the memory, that facilitates execution of the executable instructions to perform operations, comprising;

determining that a wireless connectivity coverage area, associated with a first radio access bearer resource of a set of radio access bearer resources without a communicative coupling to a user equipment, comprises a location represented by location information associated with the user equipment;

determining a predicted wireless connectivity performance indicator related to the user equipment;

determining that a first condition relating to past wireless connectivity performance information associated with the first radio access bearer resource and further relating to the predicted wireless connectivity performance indicator is satisfied;

based on the first condition being determined to have been satisfied, associating a value, based on the past wireless connectivity performance information, with the first radio access bearer resource;

based on the value, determining a rank ordering of the radio access bearer resource relative to other radio access bearer resources of the set of radio access bearer resources; and

based on the rank ordering, initiating a communications link to the user equipment via a second radio access bearer resource selected from the set of radio access bearer resources.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the operations further comprise determining additional location information, the additional location information comprising direction information and speed information.

3. The system of claim 2, wherein the additional location information is determined from first location information associated with the user equipment correlated with a first time and second location information associated with the user equipment correlated with a second time.

4. The system of claim 2, wherein the operations further comprise predicting a future location of the user equipment based on the additional location information.

5. The system of claim 4, wherein the operations further comprise determining that the wireless connectivity coverage area associated with the first radio access bearer resource comprises the future location of the user equipment.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein the operations further comprise determining the location based on timed fingerprint location information.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein the determining that the first condition is satisfied is based on wireless network transfer sustainability information represented by the past wireless connectivity performance information.

8. The system of claim 1, wherein the operations further comprise receiving a rule associated with the determining that the first condition is satisfied.

9. The system of claim 1, wherein the operations further comprise receiving the past wireless connectivity performance information associated with the first radio access bearer resource.

10. The system of claim 9, wherein the past wireless connectivity performance information comprises network transfer sustainability information for the first radio access bearer resource, and wherein the network transfer sustainability information comprises information associated with a lifespan of a successful network transfer of the first radio access bearer resource.

11. The system of claim 9, wherein the past wireless connectivity performance information comprises past interim network transfer information for the first radio access bearer resource, wherein the past interim network transfer information comprises information associated with a first successful network transfer of the first radio access bearer resource followed by a second successful network transfer of the first radio access bearer resource, and wherein the first successful network transfer has a shorter lifespan than the second successful network transfer.

12. The system of claim 1, wherein the operations further comprise

receiving updated wireless connectivity performance information associated with the first radio access bearer resource;

and

determining that a second condition relating to the updated wireless connectivity performance information is satisfied,

wherein the associating the value with the first radio access bearer resource is further based on the second condition being determined to have been satisfied.

13. The system of claim 1, wherein the value is a rank value for the first radio access bearer resource to facilitate ranking the set of radio access bearer resources.

14. A method, comprising:

receiving, by a system comprising a processor, location information associated with a user equipment;

determining, by the system, that a radio access bearer resource of a set of radio access bearer resources provides coverage to the location, wherein the set of radio access bearer resources excludes radio access bearer resources communicatively coupled to the user equipment;

determining, by the system, a value related to rank ordering the radio access bearer resource relative to other radio access bearer resources of the set of radio access bearer resources based on historical connectivity performance information of the set of radio access bearer resources;

selecting, by the system, the radio access bearer resource based on the value being determined to have satisfied a rule related to selection of the radio access bearer resource; and

initiating, by the system, a communications link with the user equipment via the radio access bearer resource.

15. The method of claim 14, further comprising receiving, by the system and based on the location information, the historical wireless connectivity performance information associated with the radio access bearer resource.

16. The method of claim 14, further comprising receiving, by the system, contemporaneous wireless connectivity performance information associated with the user equipment, and wherein the selecting the radio access bearer resource is further based on the contemporaneous wireless connectivity performance information.

17. The method of claim 14, wherein the receiving the location information comprises receiving timed fingerprint location information.

18. A mobile device, comprising:

a memory to store executable instructions; and

a processor, coupled to the memory, that facilitates execution of the executable instructions to perform operations, comprising;

determining location information associated with the mobile device;

determining that a radio access bearer resource of a set of radio access bearer resources, which excludes radio access bearer resources having a communicative coupling to the mobile device, provides coverage to the mobile device based on the location information;

receiving historical wireless handover performance information related to the radio access bearer resource;

designating a value associated with the radio access bearer resource based on the historical wireless handover performance information, wherein the value is related to sorting the set of radio access bearer resources by historical wireless network transfer performance; and

selecting the radio access bearer resource from the set of radio access bearer resources based on the value satisfying a condition related to a rank of the radio access bearer resource.

19. The mobile device of claim 18, wherein the determining the location information is based on timed fingerprint location information.

20. The mobile device of claim 18, wherein the selecting the radio access bearer resource is further based on a predicted location of the user equipment.