FACILITATION OF ADAPTIVE TRAFFIC FLOW MANAGEMENT BY A POWER-LIMITED MOBILE DEVICE

• US 20140141769A1
• Filed: 11/20/2012
• Published: 05/22/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 11/20/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: AT&T Mobility II LLC (AT&T, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: AT&T Mobility II LLC (AT&T, Inc.)
• Inventors: Brisebois, Arthur Richard, Peitzer, Haywood, Mountford, Richard J.
• Granted Patent: US 9,031,559 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/424
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 24/00 Supervisory, monitoring or testing arrangements
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 36/0085 Hand-off measurements
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 36/14 Reselecting a network or an air interface
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 36/24 Reselection being triggered by specific parameters
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/021 Services related to particular areas, e.g. point of interest [POI] services, venue services or geofences
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 52/283 Power depending on the position of the mobile
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/21 in the uplink direction of a wireless link, i.e. towards the network
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/542 using measured or perceived quality
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/56 based on priority criteria
• CPC Class Codes: Y02D 30/70 in wireless communication networks

Abstract

Facilitation of adaptive traffic flow management by a power-limited device during uplink-limited conditions is provided. A method can include: detecting that power emitted from the device satisfies a first defined condition; evaluating a defined characteristic of a network with which the device is associated and an application being executed by the device, wherein the evaluating is in response to the detecting; and determining whether to transmit information to the network to cause the device to be transferred by the network, wherein transferring is from a first wireless communication system to a second wireless communication system, and wherein the determining is performed based on the evaluating. In various embodiments, the first wireless communication system can be a long-term evolution system and the second wireless communication system can be a universal mobile telecommunications system.

Claims

1. A method, comprising:

detecting, at a device comprising a processor, that power emitted from the device satisfies a first defined condition;

evaluating, by the device, a defined characteristic of a network with which the device is associated and an application being executed by the device, wherein the evaluating is in response to the detecting; and

determining, by the device, whether to transmit information to the network to cause the device to be transferred by the network, wherein transferring is from a first wireless communication system to a second wireless communication system, and wherein the determining is performed based on the evaluating.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

detecting that a location of the device is within a defined proximity to an edge of a cellular coverage area with which the device is associated.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

determining, by the device, a location of the device relative to a region of a plurality of regions of a body of human form; and

reducing, by the device, the power emitted from the device to where the power emitted from the device is determined to satisfy the first defined condition, wherein the reducing is in response to a determined location of the device.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the evaluating further comprises:

determining whether the application being executed is designated as a non-real-time application, wherein the evaluating includes determining whether the defined characteristic of the network satisfies a second defined condition.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the determining whether to transmit the information to cause the device to be transferred from the first wireless communication system to the second wireless communication system comprises:

determining not to transmit the information to cause the mobile device to be transferred from the first wireless communication system to the second wireless communication system based on the application being executed being determined to be designated as a non-real-time application.

6. The method of claim 5, further comprising:

selectively bundling, by the device, the information as bundled information to be transmitted by the device, based on the determining not to transmit the information to cause the mobile device to be transferred from the first wireless communication system to the second wireless communication system; and

updating, by the device, operation to an idle mode operation based on the selectively bundling.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein the determining whether the defined characteristic of the network satisfies the second defined condition includes determining that the defined characteristic of the network satisfies the second defined condition, and further comprising:

changing, by the device, operation to active mode operation based on the defined characteristic of the network being determined to satisfy the second defined condition; and

transmitting, by the device, the bundled information to the network.

8. The method of claim 4, wherein the determining whether to transmit the information to cause the device to be transferred from the first wireless communication system to the second wireless communication system comprises:

determining to transmit the information to cause the mobile device to be transferred from the first wireless communication system to the second wireless communication system based on determining that the application being executed is a real-time application.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein the information comprises indicator information indicating that the power emitted from the device satisfies the first defined condition, the method further comprising:

transmitting, by the device, to the network, the indicator information indicating that the power emitted from the device satisfies the first defined condition, wherein the transmitting is in response to the determining to transmit the information to cause the mobile device to be transferred from the first wireless communication system to the second wireless communication system.

10. The method of claim 4, wherein the determining whether to transmit the information to cause the device to be transferred from the first wireless communication system to the second wireless communication system comprises:

determining to transmit the information to cause the mobile device to be transferred from the first wireless communication system to the second wireless communication system based on determining that the defined characteristic of the network fails to satisfy the second defined condition.

11. The method of claim 10, further comprising:

transmitting, by the device, to the network, indicator information indicating that the power emitted from the device is less than the first defined condition, wherein the transmitting is in response to the determining to transmit the information to cause the mobile device to be transferred from the first wireless communication system to the second wireless communication system.

12. The method of claim 1, wherein the second wireless communication system is associated with a universal mobile telecommunications system.

13. The method of claim 1, wherein the first wireless communication system is associated with a long term evolution system.

14. A system, comprising:

a memory to store computer-executable instructions; and

a processor, communicatively coupled to the memory, that facilitates execution of computer-executable instructions to perform operations, comprising;

evaluating whether a defined characteristic of a network with which the system is associated and a defined characteristic of an application executed by the system meets a first defined condition;

determining to forego performing an action to cause the system to be transferred from a first wireless communication system to a second wireless communication system based on the defined characteristic of the network and the defined characteristic of the application meeting the first defined condition; and

performing selective bundling of information to be transmitted from the system, wherein the performing is based on the determining.

15. The system of claim 14, wherein the operations further comprise:

detecting a location of the system relative to a region of a body of a user of the system;

reducing a power emitted from the system based on the detecting; and

determining that the power emitted from the system meets a second defined condition, wherein the evaluating is performed based on the determining that the power emitted from the system is at a level that meets the second defined condition.

16. The system of claim 14, wherein the operations further comprise:

changing a mode of operation of the system to idle mode in response to the performing the selective bundling.

17. The system of claim 14, wherein the defined characteristic of the network comprises information indicative of whether an uplink from the system meets a third defined condition.

18. A computer-readable storage medium storing computer-executable instructions that, in response to execution, cause a system comprising a processor to perform operations, comprising:

detecting a limitation of a defined characteristic of a network with which the system is associated, wherein the defined characteristic is related to uplink transmission from the system;

ceasing transmission of information to be transmitted from the system, and performing selective bundling of the information, wherein the ceasing and the performing are based on the detecting; and

re-starting transmission of bundled information from the system based on detecting a non-existence of the limitation of the defined characteristic.

19. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 18, wherein the operations further comprise:

determining that an application being executed by the system is designated as a non-real-time application, wherein the ceasing transmission and the performing the selective bundling are in response to the determining.

20. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 18, wherein the operations further comprise:

detecting a failure of the network to respond to the uplink transmission from the system, wherein the detecting the limitation of the defined characteristic is in response to the detecting the failure.