System and method for using mobility information in heterogeneous networks
AssigneeAlfred Consulting LLC
InventorsJoseph Anderson Alfred, Yonatan Aharon Levy
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Abstract
Disclosed herein are systems and methods related to reducing or making more efficient handovers from one cell to another cell in a communications network. The method includes receiving mobility data for a device being serviced by a first cell, classifying the device based on the mobility data to yield a classification and making a handoff decision when handing off the device from the first cell to a second cell based at least in part on the classification. An example of the mobility data is a speed at which the device is moving or time a device is in a cell.
Claims20
A method comprising:
- classifying received data in a control plane for a device being serviced by a first cell in a heterogeneous network comprising at least a non-cellular node type and a cellular node type to yield a category, wherein the category comprises an access type and an indication of an access priority to the access type, wherein the access priority comprises at least an acceptable access type or a preferred access type, and wherein the access type is identified from a list of access types which comprises at least one of a non-cellular node type and a cellular node type;
- and making a handoff decision in the control plane when handing off the device from the first cell to a second cell based at least in part on the category or a measurement.
A system comprising:
- a processor;
- and
- a computer-readable storage device storing instructions which, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising:
- classifying received data in a control plane for a device being serviced by a first cell in a heterogeneous network comprising at least a non-cellular node type and a cellular node type to yield a category, wherein the category comprises an access type and an indication of an access priority to the access type, wherein the access priority comprises at least an acceptable access type or a preferred access type, and wherein the access type is identified from a list of access types which comprises at least one of a non-cellular node type and a cellular node type;
- and
- making a handoff decision in the control plane when handing off the device from the first cell to a second cell based at least in part on the category or a measurement.
A non-transitory computer-readable storage device storing instructions which, when executed by a computing device, cause the computing device to perform further operations comprising:
- classifying received data in a control plane for a device being serviced by a first cell in a heterogeneous network comprising at least a non-cellular node type and a cellular node type to yield a category, wherein the category comprises an access type and an indication of an access priority to the access type, wherein the access priority comprises at least an acceptable access type or a preferred access type, and wherein the access type is identified from a list of access types which comprises at least one of a non-cellular node type and a cellular node type;
- and
- making a handoff decision in the control plane when handing off the device from the first cell to a second cell based at least in part on the category or a measurement.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.