Systems and methods to provision quality of service sensitive devices in wireless local area networks
First Claim
1. A method for provisioning quality of service (QoS)-sensitive devices in a wireless local area network (LAN), the method comprising:
- determining that at least one QoS-sensitive device is communicating with a wireless LAN access point (AP);
reserving a contention free period (CFP) in a superframe for the at least one QoS-sensitive device to communicate with the AP;
allocating a contention period (CP) in the superframe for non-QoS-sensitive devices to communicate with the AP; and
reassigning a QoS-sensitive device configured to communicate during the CFP to communicate during the CP when a new QoS-sensitive device joins the wireless LAN, wherein the new QoS-sensitive device comprises a higher priority QoS,wherein the non-QoS-sensitive devices are prohibited from transmitting during the CFP.
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Abstract
System and method embodiments are provided for provisioning a quality of cellular user experience (QoE) or quality of service (QoS) specified device in a wireless local area network (LAN). The embodiments enable a QoE or QoS specified by a service agreement for a device to be maintained during periods when the device is transmitting data to and receiving data from the wireless LAN (e.g., a WiFi hotspot). In an embodiment, a method includes determining that at least one QoS-sensitive device is communicating with a wireless LAN access point (AP), reserving a contention free period (CFP) in a superframe for the at least one QoS-sensitive device to communicate with the AP, and allocating a contention period (CP) in the superframe for non-QoS-sensitive devices to communicate with the AP, wherein the non-QoS-sensitive devices are prohibited from transmitting during the CFP.
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1. A method for provisioning quality of service (QoS)-sensitive devices in a wireless local area network (LAN), the method comprising:
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determining that at least one QoS-sensitive device is communicating with a wireless LAN access point (AP); reserving a contention free period (CFP) in a superframe for the at least one QoS-sensitive device to communicate with the AP; allocating a contention period (CP) in the superframe for non-QoS-sensitive devices to communicate with the AP; and reassigning a QoS-sensitive device configured to communicate during the CFP to communicate during the CP when a new QoS-sensitive device joins the wireless LAN, wherein the new QoS-sensitive device comprises a higher priority QoS, wherein the non-QoS-sensitive devices are prohibited from transmitting during the CFP. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A network component configured provisioning quality of service (QoS)-sensitive devices in a wireless local area network (LAN), comprising:
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a processor; and a computer readable storage medium storing programming for execution by the processor, the programming including instructions to; determine that at least one QoS-sensitive device is communicating with a wireless LAN access point (AP); reserve a contention free period (CFP) in a superframe for the at least one QoS-sensitive device to communicate with the AP; allocate a contention period (CP) in the superframe for non-QoS-sensitive devices to communicate with the AP; and reassign a QoS-sensitive device configured to communicate during the CFP to communicate during the CP when a new QoS-sensitive device joins the wireless LAN, wherein the new QoS-sensitive device comprises a higher priority QoS, wherein the non-QoS-sensitive devices are prohibited from transmitting during the CFP. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
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27. A method for provision quality of cellular user experience (QoE) in a wireless local area network (LAN), the method comprising:
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scheduling a cellular device to transmit/receive data to/from an access point (AP) of the wireless LAN during a contention free period (CFP); scheduling a non-cellular device to transmit/receive to/from the access point only during a contention period (CP); and reassign the cellular device configured to communicate during the CFP to communicate during the CP when a new cellular device joins the wireless LAN, wherein the new cellular device comprises a higher priority QoS than the cellular device. - View Dependent Claims (28, 29, 30, 31)
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