Reducing time period of data travel in a wireless network
First Claim
1. A method of reducing a time period for a packet to travel to a respective user equipment in a wireless network comprising:
- estimating a parameter indicative of service by a base station, adjusted to ignore causes unrelated to the base station, the estimation being performed by a supervisor system within the wireless network on a communication path between a packet data network and the base station, and at least logically separate from the base station;
at least partly based on said estimated parameter, determining, by the supervisor system, whether or not to delay arrival at the base station of at least one other data packet so as to reduce the time period for the packet to travel to the respective user equipment; and
if determined to delay, delaying of arrival of the at least one other data packet, within the wireless network between the packet data network and the base station, by the supervisor system, for a finite period, and forwarding the at least one other data packet to its destination after the finite period.
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Abstract
Examples of methods, systems, and computer program products relating to supervising data in a wireless network are disclosed. At least part of a system may be located between a packet data network and a base station, and/or may be at least logically separate from the base station. The system may be capable of evaluating the service provided by the base station, and may be capable of determining whether or not any action should consequently be performed. Examples of an action may include an action which may not necessarily affect en-route data packets such as outputting a report, and/or an action which may affect en-route data packets such as delaying packets, not delaying packets, and/or stopping the delaying of packets. An action which affects data packets may or may not affect data packets uniformly. An action may or may not result in an improvement in quality of user experience.
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21 Claims
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1. A method of reducing a time period for a packet to travel to a respective user equipment in a wireless network comprising:
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estimating a parameter indicative of service by a base station, adjusted to ignore causes unrelated to the base station, the estimation being performed by a supervisor system within the wireless network on a communication path between a packet data network and the base station, and at least logically separate from the base station; at least partly based on said estimated parameter, determining, by the supervisor system, whether or not to delay arrival at the base station of at least one other data packet so as to reduce the time period for the packet to travel to the respective user equipment; and if determined to delay, delaying of arrival of the at least one other data packet, within the wireless network between the packet data network and the base station, by the supervisor system, for a finite period, and forwarding the at least one other data packet to its destination after the finite period. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 21)
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10. A system for reducing a time period for a packet to travel to a respective user equipment in a wireless network, comprising:
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a delay evaluator configured to be located on a communication path between a packet data network and a base station, to estimate a parameter indicative of service by the base station, adjusted to ignore causes unrelated to the base station; and
to at least partly based on said estimated parameter, determine whether or not to delay arrival at the base station from the packet data network of at least one other data packet so as to reduce the time period for the packet to travel to the respective user equipment; anda delayer, at least logically separate from the base station, configured, if determined to delay, to delay arrival of the at least one other data packet, within the wireless network between the packet data network and the base station, for a finite period, and to forward the at least one other data packet to its destination after the finite period. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A computer program product comprising a non-transitory computer useable medium having computer readable code embodied therein for reducing a time period for a packet to travel to a respective user equipment in a wireless network, the computer program product comprising:
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computer readable program code for causing a computer to estimate a parameter indicative of service by a base station, at least logically separate from the computer wherein the parameter is adjusted to ignore causes unrelated to the base station; computer readable program code for causing a computer to, at least partly based on said estimated parameter, determine whether or not to delay arrival at the base station of at least one other data packet so as to reduce the time period for the packet to travel to the respective user equipment; and computer readable program code for causing a computer to, if determined to delay, to delay arrival of said at least one other data packet, within the wireless network between a packet data network and the base station, for a finite period, and to forward the at least one other data packet to its destination after the finite period. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20)
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