Methods and apparatus for providing a handover control system associated with a wireless communication network
AssigneeIntel Corporation
InventorEmily H. Qi
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Abstract
Embodiments of methods and apparatus for providing a handover control system associated with a wireless communication network are generally described herein. Other embodiments may be described and claimed.
Claims21
A method of providing handover control of a subscriber station operable in a wireless communication network, comprising:
- monitoring for a plurality of transition events within a time period by the subscriber station transitioning between two nodes of a plurality of nodes associated with the wireless communication network during the plurality of transition events;
- determining that the plurality transition events monitored during the time period has exceeded a predefined threshold;
- generating a roaming management request having transition event information associated with the plurality of transition events;
- and
- transmitting the roaming management request to a node of the plurality of nodes associated with the wireless communication network to enable the node to adjust one or more configurations of the node to reduce further transition events by the subscriber station.
An article of manufacture including content, which when accessed, causes a machine to:
- monitor for a plurality of transition events within a time period by a subscriber station transitioning between two or more nodes of a plurality of nodes associated with a wireless communication network during the plurality of transition events;
- determine that the plurality transition events monitored during the time period has exceeded a predefined threshold;
- generate a roaming management request having transition event information associated with the plurality of transition events;
- and
- transmit the roaming management request to a node of the plurality of nodes associated with the wireless communication network to enable the node to adjust one or more configurations of the node to reduce further transition events by the subscriber station.
An apparatus comprising:
- a transition monitor to monitor a plurality of transition events within a time period by a subscriber station transitioning between two or more nodes of a plurality of nodes associated with a wireless communication network during the plurality of transition events;
- a request generator operatively coupled to the transition monitor to generate a roaming management request at the subscriber station in response to a determination that the plurality of transition events during the time period has exceeded a predefined threshold, the roaming management request having transition event information associated with the plurality of transition events;
- and
- a network interface device operatively coupled to the request generator to transmit the roaming management request to a node of the plurality of nodes associated with the wireless communication network to enable the node to adjust one or more configurations of the node to reduce further transition events by the subscriber station.
The apparatus as defined of 15, wherein the request generator is configured to generate a request having information associated with at least one of transition identification, transition timestamp, transition reason, target identification, source identification, received signal strength indicator, received signal-to-noise indicator, transmit power, roaming hysteresis, receive sensitivity, or clear channel assessment of each of the one or more transition events.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.