Wireless video uplink system that wirelessly broadcasts a network access provider identifier

• US 9,344,770 B2
• Filed: 08/15/2013
• Issued: 05/17/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 08/30/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: T-Mobile Innovations LLC (Deutsche Telekom AG)
• Original Assignee: Sprint Communications Company LP (Deutsche Telekom AG)
• Inventors: Everson, John Michael, Nichols, Jarrod A., Delker, Jason R., Kropf, Bradley Allen
• Primary Examiner(s): SALCE, JASON P
• Application Number:
  US13/967,519
• Publication Number:
  US 20130332966A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,006 Days
• Field of Search: 725 64- 68, 725 70- 71, 725/78, 725 80- 82, 725/85, 455/452.1, 455/451, 455/500, 455/507, 455/517, 455/524, 455/525
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/2187 Live feed
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/2393 involving handling client requests scheduling or organising the servicing of application requests H04L67/60
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/258 Client or end-user data management, e.g. managing client capabilities, user preferences or demographics, processing of multiple end-users preferences to derive collaborative data arrangements for services using the result on the distributing side of broadcast systems H04H60/66; profiles in network data switching protocols H04L67/30
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/6131 involving transmission via a mobile phone network wireless downlink channel access H04W74/006
• 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 48/12 using downlink control channel

Abstract

A wireless access system comprises a base station and a control system. The base station wirelessly broadcasts a pilot signal including a network access provider identifier that identifies a wireless video service. The base station wirelessly receives a wireless video uplink request from a wireless video device in response to the pilot signal. The control system processes reservation data for the base station to determine if the wireless video device has a current wireless video uplink reservation and directs the base station to provide a wireless video uplink to the wireless video device if the wireless video device has the current wireless video uplink reservation. The base station wirelessly receives video data from the wireless video device over the wireless video uplink as directed by the control system.

Claims

1. A method of operating a wireless communication system to provide a wireless video service, the method comprising:

in a base station, wirelessly broadcasting signals including a network access provider identifier and a base station identifier and responsively receiving a video uplink request from a wireless video device and a data transfer request from another wireless communication device;

in a control system, responsive to the video uplink request, determining if the wireless video device has a reservation, and if the wireless video device does not have the reservation then determining if the base station has capacity to service the video up-link request, and if the wireless video device has the reservation or if the base station has the capacity, then directing the base station to service the video uplink request for the wireless video device, wherein the control system gives priority to reserved video uplinks over non-reserved video uplinks to maintain quality-of-service on the reserved video uplinks;

in the control system, responsive to the data transfer request, determining if the base station has additional capacity to service the data transfer request, and if the base station has the additional capacity, then directing the base station to service the data transfer request, wherein the control system gives priority to the video uplinks over data transfers to maintain quality-of-service on the video uplinks.

2. The method of claim 1 further comprising, in the control system, inhibiting subsequent non-reserved video uplinks to maintain quality-of-service for the reserved video uplinks.

3. The method of claim 1 further comprising, in the control system, inhibiting subsequent data transfers to maintain quality-of-service for the reserved video uplinks and the non-reserved video uplinks.

4. The method of claim 1 further comprising, in the base station, wirelessly receiving video data from the wireless video device as directed by the control system.

5. The method of claim 1 further comprising, in the base station, wirelessly receiving other data from the other wireless communication device as directed by the control system.

6. The method of claim 1 further comprising, in the wireless video device, receiving a user input and responsively scanning a frequency band for the broadcast signal having the network access provider identifier for the wireless video service, and in response to detecting the network access provider identifier, wirelessly transferring the wireless video uplink request to the base station.

7. The method of claim 1 further comprising, in the wireless video device, receiving a user input that initiates both the wireless video uplink request and optical reception and buffering of video data for subsequent transfer over one of the video uplinks.

8. The method of claim 1 wherein determining if the wireless video device has a reservation comprises authorizing the wireless video device.

9. The method of claim 1 wherein the base station comprises a Long Term Evolution (LTE) base station and the wireless video device comprises an LTE video device.

10. The method of claim 1 wherein the control system comprise a Long Term Evolution (LTE) gateway.

11. A wireless communication system to provide a wireless video service comprising:

a base station configured to wirelessly broadcast signals including a network access provider identifier and a base station identifier and responsively receive a video uplink request from a wireless video device and a data transfer request from another wireless communication device;

a control system configured, responsive to the video uplink request, to determine if the wireless video device has a reservation, and if the wireless video device does not have the reservation, then to determine if the base station has capacity to service the video up-link request, and if the wireless video device has the reservation or if the base station has the capacity, then to direct the base station to service the video uplink request for the wireless video device, wherein the control system gives priority to reserved video uplinks over non-reserved video uplinks to maintain quality-of-service on the reserved video uplinks;

the control system further configured, responsive to the data transfer request, to determine if the base station has additional capacity to service the data transfer request, and if the base station has the additional capacity, then to direct the base station to service the data transfer request, wherein the control system gives priority to the video uplinks over data transfers to maintain quality-of-service on the video uplinks.

12. The wireless communication system of claim 11 wherein the control system is configured to inhibit subsequent non-reserved video uplinks to maintain quality-of-service for the reserved video uplinks.

13. The wireless communication system of claim 11 wherein the control system is configured to inhibit subsequent data transfers to maintain quality-of-service for the video uplinks.

14. The wireless communication system of claim 11 wherein the base station is configured to wirelessly receive video data from the wireless video device as directed by the control system.

15. The wireless communication system of claim 11 wherein the base station is configured to wirelessly receive other data from the other wireless communication device as directed by the control system.

16. The wireless communication system of claim 11 wherein the wireless video device is configured to receive a user input and responsively scan a frequency band for the broadcast signal having the network access provider identifier for the wireless video service, and in response to detecting the network access provider identifier, to wirelessly transfer the wireless video uplink request to the base station.

17. The wireless communication system of claim 11 wherein the wireless video device is configured to receive a user input that initiates both the wireless video uplink request and optical reception and buffering of video data for subsequent transfer over one of the video uplinks.

18. The wireless communication system of claim 11 wherein the control system is configured to authorize the wireless video device.

19. The wireless communication system of claim 11 wherein the base station comprises a Long Term Evolution (LTE) base station and the wireless video device comprises an LTE video device.

20. The wireless communication system of claim 11 wherein the control system comprises a Long Term Evolution (LTE) gateway.