Collection of crowd-sourced access point data for 5G or other next generation network
AssigneesAT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P., AT&T Mobility II LLC
InventorsArthur Richard Brisebois, Jeffrey Mikan, Kurt Huber
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Abstract
Collection of crowd-sourced access point quality and selection data for intelligent network selection can be utilized by mobile devices to self-learn and optimize access point device selection. A cloud-based application can be utilized in conjunction with the mobile device to build a database of access point quality and thresholds suitable for real-time and other jitter-sensitive services. The mobile device jitter measurements and selection thresholds can be collected and sent to a cloud platform, which creates an access point performance and selection threshold profile.
Claims20
A method, comprising:
- receiving, by a mobile device comprising a processor, a first signal from an access point device of a wireless network;
- based on the first signal, determining, by the mobile device, that the access point device has not previously sent a second signal to the mobile device, the second signal being different than the first signal;
- in response to the determining, generating, by the mobile device, threshold data associated with a threshold of signal strength quality of the first signal, wherein the threshold is associated with a packet flow jitter of a control protocol;
- in response to the first signal being terminated, refreshing, by the mobile device, expired access point data associated with the access point device and the packet flow jitter of the control protocol;
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- updating, by the mobile device, a data structure of the mobile device with the threshold data and time data associated with the threshold data.
A system, comprising:
- a processor;
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- a memory that stores executable instructions that, when executed by the processor, facilitate performance of operations, comprising:
- determining that an access point device has not previously sent a first signal to a mobile device of a wireless network;
- in response to the determining, generating threshold data associated with a threshold of signal strength quality of a second signal sent from the access point device to the mobile device, wherein the threshold is associated with a packet flow jitter associated with a control protocol;
- in response to the second signal being terminated, refreshing expired access point data associated with the access point device and the packet flow jitter associated with the control protocol;
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- in response to the refreshing the expired access point data, updating time data with associated with the threshold of the signal strength quality of the second signal, resulting in updated time data.
A non-transitory machine-readable medium, comprising executable instructions that, when executed by a processor, facilitate performance of operations, comprising:
- facilitating a signal quality reduction, between a mobile device and an access point device, from a first signal quality to a second signal quality, wherein the second signal quality is lower than a determined signal quality threshold;
- receiving, from the mobile device, signal quality data associated with a third signal quality, wherein the third signal quality is higher than the determined signal quality threshold;
- based on a condition associated with a threshold associated with the third signal quality being determined to have been satisfied, setting a time associated with threshold data to an initial time, resulting in initial time data, wherein the threshold data is associated with a packet flow jitter of a control protocol;
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- based on a signal of the mobile device being terminated, facilitating refreshing expired access point data associated with the access point device and the packet flow jitter of the control protocol;
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- based on the signal quality data, facilitating an update of time data, wherein the time data comprises an expiration value of the signal quality data and the initial time data, to occur at a network device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.