Dynamic quality of service (QoS) for services over cellular

• US 9,357,359 B2
• Filed: 01/28/2014
• Issued: 05/31/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 02/05/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Qualcomm, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Qualcomm, Inc.
• Inventors: Mandyam, Giridhar Dhati, Maggenti, Mark, Santhanam, Arvind Vardarajan, Anchan, Kirankumar
• Primary Examiner(s): Qureshi, Afsar M
• Application Number:
  US14/166,603
• Publication Number:
  US 20140219083A1
• Time in Patent Office: 854 Days
• Field of Search: 370252-392, 445/522
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/00 Network arrangements, protocols or services for supporting real-time applications in data packet communication real-time or near real-time messaging, e.g. instant messaging [IM] H04L51/04; selective video distribution H04N21/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/1083 In-session procedures
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/4038 with floor control
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/4061 Push-to services, e.g. push-to-talk or push-to-video
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/80 Responding to QoS
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/2227 Quality of service monitoring
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 28/24 Negotiating SLA [Service Level Agreement]; Negotiating QoS [Quality of Service]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/10 Push-to-Talk [PTT] or Push-On-Call services
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/45 for Push-to-Talk [PTT] or Push-to-Talk over cellular [PoC] services

Abstract

The disclosure is related to dynamically applying quality of service (QoS) to a call. An aspect determines a packet transmission state of a subscriber on the call, determines whether or not the QoS is allocated to the subscriber, and allocates the QoS to the subscriber based on the QoS not being allocated to the subscriber and the packet transmission state indicating that the subscriber is sending packets.

Claims

1. A method of dynamically applying quality of service (QoS) to a call, comprising:

determining a packet transmission state of a subscriber after the call has started;

determining whether or not QoS is currently allocated to the subscriber based on the packet transmission state indicating that the subscriber is sending packets related to the call; and

allocating QoS to the subscriber based on QoS not being currently allocated to the subscriber and the packet transmission state indicating that the subscriber is sending packets related to the call.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

determining one or more criteria related to the call.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the allocating the QoS to the subscriber is further based on the one or more criteria related to the call.

4. The method of claim 2, wherein the one or more criteria comprise one or more criteria related to a network load or a service monetization.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the one or more criteria related to the service monetization comprises one or more criteria related to whether or not the subscriber will pay for the QoS.

6. The method of claim 4, wherein the one or more criteria related to the network load comprises one or more criteria related to whether or not there is available network capacity to allocate the QoS to the subscriber.

7. The method of claim 2, wherein the determining the one or more criteria occurs after the subscriber is admitted to the call.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein determining the packet transmission state comprises determining whether or not the subscriber has received a floor grant for the call.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein determining the packet transmission state comprises determining whether or not the subscriber has requested a floor grant for the call.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein the packet transmission state indicating that the subscriber is sending packets comprises a packet transmission state indicating that the subscriber has requested the floor grant for the call.

11. The method of claim 1, wherein determining the packet transmission state comprises determining whether or not the subscriber is currently communicating.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein determining whether or not the subscriber is currently communicating comprises determining whether or not the subscriber is speaking or transmitting a media file.

13. The method of claim 1, wherein a confirmation of the QoS allocation is provided before a floor grant to the subscriber.

14. The method of claim 1, wherein a confirmation of the QoS allocation is provided after a floor grant to the subscriber.

15. The method of claim 1, wherein the call comprises a voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) call, a voice over Long Term Evolution (VoLTE) call, or a push-to-talk (PTT) over cellular (PoC) call.

16. An apparatus for dynamically applying quality of service (QoS) to a call, comprising:

at least one processor configured to;

determine a packet transmission state of a subscriber after the call has started;

determine whether or not QoS is currently allocated to the subscriber based on the packet transmission state indicating that the subscriber is sending packets related to the call; and

allocate QoS to the subscriber based on QoS not being currently allocated to the subscriber and the packet transmission state indicating that the subscriber is sending packets related to the call.

17. The apparatus of claim 16, wherein the at least one processor is further configured to:

determine one or more criteria related to the call.

18. The apparatus of claim 17, wherein the allocation of the QoS to the subscriber is further based on the one or more criteria related to the call.

19. The apparatus of claim 17, wherein the one or more criteria comprise one or more criteria related to a network load or a service monetization.

20. The apparatus of claim 19, wherein the one or more criteria related to the service monetization comprises one or more criteria related to whether or not the subscriber will pay for the QoS.

21. The apparatus of claim 19, wherein the one or more criteria related to the network load comprises one or more criteria related to whether or not there is available network capacity to allocate the QoS to the subscriber.

22. The apparatus of claim 17, wherein the determination of the one or more criteria occurs after the subscriber is admitted to the call.

23. The apparatus of claim 16, wherein the at least one processor being configured to determine the packet transmission state comprises the at least one processor being configured to determine whether or not the subscriber has received a floor grant for the call.

24. The apparatus of claim 16, wherein the at least one processor being configured to determine the packet transmission state comprises the at least one processor being configured to determine whether or not the subscriber has requested a floor grant for the call.

25. The apparatus of claim 24, wherein the packet transmission state indicating that the subscriber is sending packets comprises a packet transmission state indicating that the subscriber has requested the floor grant for the call.

26. The apparatus of claim 16, wherein the at least one processor being configured to determine the packet transmission state comprises the at least one processor being configured to determine whether or not the subscriber is currently communicating.

27. The apparatus of claim 26, wherein the at least one processor being configured to determine whether or not the subscriber is currently communicating comprises the at least one processor being configured to determine whether or not the subscriber is speaking or transmitting a media file.

28. The apparatus of claim 16, wherein a confirmation of the QoS allocation is provided before a floor grant to the subscriber.

29. The apparatus of claim 16, wherein a confirmation of the QoS allocation is provided after a floor grant to the subscriber.

30. The apparatus of claim 16, wherein the call comprises a voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) call, a voice over Long Term Evolution (VoLTE) call, or a push-to-talk (PTT) over cellular (PoC) call.

31. An apparatus for dynamically applying quality of service (QoS) to a call, comprising:

means for determining a packet transmission state of a subscriber after the call has started;

means for determining whether or not QoS is currently allocated to the subscriber based on the packet transmission state indicating that the subscriber is sending packets related to the call; and

means for allocating QoS to the subscriber based on QoS not being currently allocated to the subscriber and the packet transmission state indicating that the subscriber is sending packets related to the call.

32. A non-transitory computer-readable medium for dynamically applying quality of service (QoS) to a call, comprising:

at least one instruction to determine a packet transmission state of a subscriber after the call has started;

at least one instruction to determine whether or not QoS is currently allocated to the subscriber based on the packet transmission state indicating that the subscriber is sending packets related to the call; and

at least one instruction to allocate QoS to the subscriber based on QoS not being currently allocated to the subscriber and the packet transmission state indicating that the subscriber is sending packets related to the call.