Connection close for disjoint serving sectors
AssigneeQUALCOMM Incorporated
InventorsRajat Prakash, Parag Arun Agashe, Fatih Ulupinar
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Abstract
Systems and methodologies are described that that facilitate resource reclamation in a wireless communications system having a disjoint serving sector configuration. A mobile device can report activity on a communication link (e.g., forward link or reverse link) to a serving sector that provides a corresponding communication link. For instance, forward link activity can be reported to a reverse link serving sector and/or reverse link activity can be reported to a forward link serving sector. The activity can be analyzed to ascertain overall activity of a mobile device. Based upon the analysis, a serving sector can de-allocate resources to the mobile device.
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A method for facilitating allocation of resources in disjoint serving sectors, comprising:
- monitoring traffic on a communication link;
- generating activity information related to traffic on the communication link, wherein the activity information includes at least a number of packets exchanged on the communication link;
- and
- transmitting activity information to at least one base station.
A communication apparatus, comprising:
- a processor coupled to memory, wherein the processor is configured to implement:
- an activity monitor module that observes activity on at least one communication link, wherein the activity monitor module monitors a quantity of activity and a type of traffic that creates the activity;
- and
- an activity messaging module that generates activity information related to the observed activity on the communication link, wherein the activity messaging module incorporates the activity information in a keep-alive message transmitted to at least one base station in an active set.
A wireless communication apparatus that facilitates connection management in disjoint serving sector configurations, comprising:
- means for monitoring traffic on a communication link;
- means for generating activity information related to traffic on the communication link, wherein the activity information includes at least a number of packets exchanged on the communication link;
- means for incorporating the activity information in a keep-alive message;
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- means for transmitting the keep-alive message to members of an active set.
A computer program product, comprising:
- a computer-readable medium, comprising:
- code for causing a computer to monitor traffic on a communication link;
- code for causing the computer to generate activity information related to traffic on the communication link, wherein the activity information includes at least a number of packets exchanged on the communication link;
- and
- code for causing the computer to transmit activity information to at least one base station.
A method for facilitating allocation of resources, comprising:
- obtaining activity information from a mobile device, wherein the activity information relates to traffic associated with the mobile device on at least one communication link;
- analyzing the activity information to identify a level of activity on the communication link;
- and
- reclaiming resources assigned to the mobile device when the level of activity is below a threshold.
A communication apparatus, comprising:
- a memory that retains activity information obtained from a mobile device;
- and
- a processor, coupled with the memory, configured to analyze the activity information to identify a level of activity on the communication link and deassign resources allocated to the mobile device when the level of activity is below a pre-determined threshold.
A wireless communication apparatus, comprising:
- means for obtaining activity information from a mobile device, wherein the activity information relates to activity at least one communication link;
- means for evaluating the activity information to identify a level of activity on the least one communication link;
- means for comparing the level of activity with a threshold;
- and
- means for reclaiming resources assigned to the mobile device when the level of activity is below the threshold.
A computer program product, comprising:
- a computer-readable medium, comprising:
- code for causing a computer to obtain activity information from a mobile device, wherein the activity information relates to activity on a communication link;
- code for causing the computer to evaluate the activity information to identify types of traffic associated with activity on the communication link;
- code for causing the computer to disregard activity on the communication link corresponding to at least one of control data traffic or traffic on low priority quality of service classes;
- code for causing the computer to analyze the activity information to ascertain a number of packets exchanged, wherein the number of packets excludes packets associated with control data traffic or low priority quality of service class traffic;
- code for causing the computer to compare the number of packets exchanged with a threshold;
- and
- code for causing the computer to reclaim resources assigned to the mobile device when the number of packets is below the threshold.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.