METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR INCREASING WIRELESS TRAFFIC CAPACITY IN THE VINCINITY OF AN EVENT SITE

• US 20130029673A1
• Filed: 09/14/2012
• Published: 01/31/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 12/19/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Malikie Innovations Limited (Key Patent Innovations Limited)
• Original Assignee: Blackberry Limited
• Inventors: Watkins, John, GRAVES, Alan, FITCHETT, Jeffrey, VEZZA, Brian
• Granted Patent: US 8,452,335 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/446
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 16/04 Traffic adaptive resource partitioning
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 24/02 Arrangements for optimising operational condition
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 24/04 Arrangements for maintaining operational condition

Abstract

Network entity, method and computer-readable storage medium for use in a network that includes an arrangement of cell sites, each cell site configured to provide wireless services within a respective coverage region. The network entity may include an input configured to receive position information regarding occurrence of an event at an event site, and a processing entity configured to determine, based on the position information regarding occurrence of the event and policy information regarding the network, whether the event warrants coverage region reconfiguration and, if so, to generate a message commanding an adjustment to the coverage region of at least one cell site. An output is configured to release the message towards the at least one cell site, whereby application of the adjustment to the coverage region of the at least one cell site enables an increase in traffic to be accommodated in a vicinity of the event site.

Claims

1-61. -61. (canceled)

62. A cell site for use in a wireless network, comprising:

An antenna subsystem having antenna response characteristics that allow the cell site to provide wireless services to suers within a coverage region;

a control entity, said control entity configured to receive a message instructing the cell site to apply an adjustment to the coverage region and, in response, to adjust the antenna response characteristics of the antenna subsystem to move the coverage region towards an event site.

63-114. -114. (canceled)