Radio channel communication

• US 9,042,935 B2
• Filed: 06/21/2013
• Issued: 05/26/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 06/21/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Microsoft Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Microsoft Corporation)
• Inventors: Garnett, Paul W., Griffin, Trenholme J., Hassan, Amer A., Mitchell, Paul W. A.
• Primary Examiner(s): LE, DANH C
• Application Number:
  US13/923,905
• Publication Number:
  US 20140378127A1
• Time in Patent Office: 704 Days
• Field of Search: 455/522, 455/426.1, 455/456.6, 455/552.1
• US Class Current: 455/522
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 28/0215 based on user or device properties, e.g. MTC-capable devices services for machine-to-machine communication [M2M] or machine type communication [MTC] H04W4/70; wireless resource selection or allocation plan definition based on terminal or device properties H04W72/51
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 48/20 Selecting an access point
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 52/146 Uplink power control
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 52/247 where the output power of a terminal is based on a path parameter sent by another terminal
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 52/283 Power depending on the position of the mobile
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 64/00 Locating users or terminals or network equipment for network management purposes, e.g. mobility management
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/02 Selection of wireless resources by user or terminal

Abstract

The concepts relate to radio channel utilization. One example can monitor a location of a mobile device that has both a first type of wireless capabilities and a second type of wireless capabilities. The example can determine a distance from the location of the mobile device to a location of a wireless device. The example can cause data to be transmitted from the mobile device to the wireless device at a power level based upon the distance.

Claims

1. One or more computer-readable storage media storing computer-readable instructions that when executed by a processor of a computer cause the computer to perform a method, comprising:

monitoring a location of a mobile device that has both cellular wireless capabilities and non-cellular wireless capabilities, the cellular wireless capabilities utilizing a first set of radio channels and the non-cellular wireless capabilities utilizing a second different set of radio channels;

obtaining a distance between the location of the mobile device and a location of a wireless access point;

selecting an individual radio channel from the second different set of radio channels upon which the mobile device can communicate with the wireless access point;

determining, based upon the distance, a transmission power for the mobile device to communicate with the wireless access point on the individual radio channel; and

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causing the mobile device to attempt to offload at least some data communication from the cellular capabilities to the individual radio channel at the transmission power.

2. The one or more computer-readable storage media of claim 1, wherein the monitoring comprises obtaining GPS coordinates from the mobile device.

3. The one or more computer-readable storage media of claim 1, wherein the obtaining comprises comparing the location of the mobile device to a location-based dynamic database that associates wireless access points, locations of the wireless access points, and networks.

4. The one or more computer-readable storage media of claim 3, wherein the selecting comprises identifying, in the location-based dynamic database, radio channels from the second different set of radio channels that the wireless access point has networks on and selecting the individual radio channel from the radio channels of the second different set of radio channels based upon information in the location-based dynamic database regarding conditions on the networks.

5. The one or more computer-readable storage media of claim 1, wherein the causing comprises communicating the individual radio channel, the transmission power, and information about the wireless access point to the mobile device.

6. The one or more computer-readable storage media of claim 5, wherein the communicating is achieved on the cellular capabilities over a cellular control channel.

7. The one or more computer-readable storage media of claim 1, wherein the causing comprises causing the wireless access point to communicate with the mobile device.

8. The one or more computer-readable storage media of claim 7, wherein the causing the wireless access point to communicate with the mobile device comprises causing the wireless access point to send a probe response to the mobile device on the individual radio channel.

9. The one or more computer-readable storage media of claim 1, wherein the individual radio channel from the second different set of radio channels comprises multiple radio channels from the second different set of radio channels.