SYSTEM FOR MANAGING SERVICES OF WiMAX BASE STATIONS
AssigneeAt&T Knowledge Ventures, L.P.
InventorsCANHUI OU, ANTHONY PETRONELLI, KEVIN MENG
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Abstract
A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access (WiMAX) base station having a wireless transceiver, and a controller to manage the wireless transceiver. The controller can direct a communication device requesting wireless access to another WiMAX base station upon determining that granting wireless access to the communication device reduces an operating performance of the WiMAX base station below its operating threshold. Additional embodiments are disclosed.
Claims20
A computer-readable storage medium, comprising computer instructions for:
- receiving a request from a communication device for wireless access to a first base station selected from a plurality of base stations operating according to a Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access (WiMAX) protocol;
- determining whether granting the communication device wireless access to the first WiMAX base station reduces a first operating performance of said first WiMAX base station below a first operating threshold;
- determining whether the communication device can access another one of the plurality WiMAX base stations upon determining that the reduced first operating performance falls below the first operating threshold;
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- directing the communication device to a second WiMAX base station upon determining that the communication device can access said second WiMAX base station.
A Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access (WiMAX) base station, comprising:
- a wireless transceiver;
- and
- a controller to manage the wireless transceiver, wherein the controller directs a communication device requesting wireless access to another WiMAX base station upon determining that granting wireless access to the communication device reduces an operating performance of the WiMAX base station below its operating threshold.
A communication device, comprising a controller element to request wireless access to a Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access (WiMAX) base station that determines whether granting wireless access to the communication device reduces an operating performance of the WiMAX base station below its operating threshold.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.