Wireless network architecture for providing media content

• US 10,588,132 B2
• Filed: 03/23/2018
• Issued: 03/10/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 12/05/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I LP (AT&T, Inc.), AT&T Mobility II LLC (AT&T, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I LP (AT&T, Inc.)
• Inventors: Lou, Yuang, Duet, Douglas A., Hirvela, George O'Quinn
• Primary Examiner(s): Patel, Jay P
• Application Number:
  US15/934,398
• Publication Number:
  US 20180213537A1
• Time in Patent Office: 718 Days
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 5/0007 the frequencies being orthogonal, e.g. OFDM(A), DMT
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/025 using location based information parameters
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/06 Selective distribution of broadcast services, e.g. multimedia broadcast multicast service [MBMS]; Services to user groups; One-way selective calling services
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 40/20 based on geographic position or location
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 52/243 taking into account interferences
• 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 72/0453 Resources in frequency domain, e.g. a carrier in FDMA
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/23 in the downlink direction of a wireless link, i.e. towards a terminal
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/52 based on load
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/40 for selective distribution or broadcast

Abstract

A method includes receiving, at a base station from a first mobile device, where the first data request is associated with first data of a first data type. The method includes, based on the first data type of the first data, transmitting the first data to the first mobile device. The method includes receiving, at the base station, second data, where the second data has a second data type different than the first data type. The second data is associated with a second data request originated by a second mobile device different than the first mobile device. Information associated with the second data request is received by the server from a different base station and sent to the base station based on the second data type of the second data. The method also includes transmitting the second data to the second mobile device.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

receiving, at a base station from a first mobile device, a first data request associated with first data of a first data type;

based on the first data type of the first data, transmitting the first data to the first mobile device from the base station;

receiving, at the base station from a server, second data, wherein the second data has a second data type different than the first data type, wherein the second data is associated with a second data request originated by a second mobile device different than the first mobile device, and wherein information associated with the second data request is received by the server from a different base station and sent to the base station based on the second data type of the second data; and

transmitting the second data to the second mobile device, wherein at least a portion of the second data is transmitted via a particular frequency band outside of a frequency spectrum specified for downlink communications.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

allocating a first portion of resources of the base station to transmission of data responsive to data requests for data of the first data type; and

allocating a second portion of the resources of the base station to transmission of data responsive to data requests for data of the second data type.

3. The method of claim 2, further comprising selecting the first portion, the second portion, a first transmission power associated with transmitting the first data, a second transmission power associated with transmitting the second data, or a combination thereof, in accordance with an intercell interference control scheme associated with a wireless communication protocol.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the wireless communication protocol is a long-term evolution protocol.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the transmitting the first data includes using a first antenna to transmit the first data, and wherein the transmitting the second data includes using a second antenna different than the first antenna.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein a transmission power associated with the second antenna transmitting the second data is greater than a transmission power associated with the first antenna transmitting the first data.

7. The method of claim 5, wherein the second antenna is at a higher elevation than the first antenna.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the second data type includes multimedia content.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein the first data type includes voice communications and data communications.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein the first data is transmitted via orthogonal frequency division multiplexing.

11. A base station comprising:

a processor; and

a memory coupled to the processor, the memory storing instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform operations, the operations including;

receiving a first data request from a first mobile device, the first data request associated with first data of a first data type;

based on the first data type of the first data, transmitting the first data to the first mobile device;

receiving second data from a server, the second data having a second data type different than the first data type, wherein the second data is associated with a second data request originated by a second mobile device, and wherein information associated with the second data request is received by the server from a different base station and sent to the processor based on the second data type of the second data; and

transmitting the second data to the second mobile device, wherein at least a portion of the second particular frequency band outside of a frequency spectrum specified for downlink communications.

12. The base station of claim 11, wherein the transmitting the first data comprises utilizing a first antenna, and wherein the transmitting the second data comprises utilizing a second antenna different than the first antenna.

13. The base station of claim 12, wherein the second antenna is at a higher altitude than the first antenna.

14. The base station of claim 12, wherein a first transmission power for transmission of the second data is greater than a second transmission power for transmission of the first data.

15. The base station of claim 11, wherein the first data and the second data are transmitted via orthogonal frequency division multiplexing.

16. A computer-readable storage device storing instructions that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform operations, the operations comprising:

receiving, from a first mobile device, a first data request associated with first data of a first data type;

transmitting first data based on the first data request to the first mobile device;

receiving, from a server, second data of a second data type different than the first data type, the second data associated with a second data request originated by a second mobile device, wherein information associated with the second data request is received by the server from a different base station and sent to the processor based on the second data type of the second data; and

transmitting the second data to the second mobile device, wherein at least a portion of the second data is transmitted via a particular frequency band outside of a frequency spectrum specified for downlink communications.

17. The computer-readable storage device of claim 16, wherein the operations further comprise:

receiving the second data request; and

sending the second data request to the server.

18. The computer-readable storage device of claim 16, wherein the first data type comprises voice communications, data communications, or both, and wherein the second data type comprises multimedia content.

19. The computer-readable storage device of claim 16, wherein the second data comprises broadcast media content or on-demand media content.

20. The computer-readable storage device of claim 16, wherein the transmitting the second data comprises multicasting the second data to a plurality of communication devices that requested the second data, the plurality of communication devices including the second mobile device.