US 11,606,714 B2 · Systems and methods for voice network control and optimization

Abstract

Provided is a controller for optimizing a wireless network by selectively enabling different codecs at different Radio Access Networks (“RANs”), and/or by dynamically provisioning resources to support interoperability between the selectively enabled codecs and other codecs in use elsewhere in the network. The controller may receive a request with an indication of a first codec and a second codec for establishing a session via a particular RAN. The controller may disable availability of the second codec for the session by providing a modified request that omits the second codec in response to the quality of service at the particular RAN satisfying performance criteria. The controller may selectively enable use of the second codec and provide transcoding between the first and second codecs by forwarding the request without modification to the session recipient in response to the quality of service at the particular RAN not satisfying the performance criteria.

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Dependent claims

A device, comprising:

one or more processors configured to:
receive a request from a first User Equipment (“UE”), the request indicating a plurality of codecs, wherein the request includes a request to communicate with a second UE;
determine a measure of reliability associated with a RAN to which the first UE is connected;
output, based on the determined measure of reliability and to the second UE, an indication that the first UE has requested to communicate with the second UE, wherein outputting the indication to the second UE includes:
indicating, to the second UE, a first and second codec, of the plurality of codecs, when the measure of reliability associated with the RAN does not satisfy a threshold measure of reliability, and
indicating, to the second UE, the first codec and not the second codec when the measure of reliability associated with the RAN satisfies the threshold measure of reliability;
and
add, when determining that the measure of reliability associated with the RAN does not satisfy the threshold measure of reliability, the RAN to a list of RANs that support the second codec.

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A non-transitory computer-readable medium, storing a plurality of processor-executable instructions to:

receive a request from a first User Equipment (“UE”), the request indicating a plurality of codecs, wherein the request includes a request to communicate with a second UE;
determine a measure of reliability associated with a RAN to which the first UE is connected;
output, based on the determined measure of reliability and to the second UE, an indication that the first UE has requested to communicate with the second UE, wherein outputting the indication to the second UE includes:
indicating, to the second UE, a first and second codec, of the plurality of codecs, when the measure of reliability associated with the RAN does not satisfy a threshold measure of reliability, and
indicating, to the second UE, the first codec and not the second codec when the measure of reliability associated with the RAN satisfies the threshold measure of reliability;
and
add, when determining that the measure of reliability associated with the RAN does not satisfy the threshold measure of reliability, the RAN to a list of RANs that support the second codec.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Systems and methods for voice network control and optimization

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Systems and methods for voice network control and optimization

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Abstract

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