Methods and apparatuses for reducing voice/data interruption during a mobility procedure
AssigneeQUALCOMM Incorporated
InventorsThomas Klingenbrunn, Navid Ehsan, Fahed I. Zawaideh, Yi Cheng
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Abstract
Method and apparatus are provided that may help improve user experience during a media session when a mobility procedure of a user equipment (UE) involved in the session causes disruption in reception of packets. According to certain aspects, upon detecting an event indicating a mobility procedure is likely to occur, the UE may increase size of a buffer used to store packets during the session and/or reduce the rate at which packets are played out from the buffer to reduce service (e.g., voice/data) interruption.
Claims46
A method for wireless communications, comprising:
- detecting, by a user equipment (UE), an event that indicates an expected disruption in reception of packets is likely to occur during a media session due to an expected mobility procedure;
- and
- in response to the detection, increasing buffering of packets during the session by adjusting size of a buffer used to buffer packets during the media session and decreasing a rate at which packets are transferred from the buffer.
An apparatus for wireless communications, comprising:
- means for detecting an event that indicates an expected disruption in reception of packets is likely to occur during a media session due to an expected mobility procedure;
- and
- in response to the detection, means for increasing buffering of packets during the session by adjusting size of a buffer used to buffer packets during the media session and decreasing a rate at which packets are transferred from the buffer.
A computer-program product for wireless communications, comprising a non-transitory computer readable medium having instructions stored thereon, the instructions being executable by one or more processors and the instructions comprising:
- instructions for detecting, by a user equipment (UE), an event that indicates an expected disruption in reception of packets is likely to occur during a media session due to an expected mobility procedure;
- and
- in response to the detection, instructions for increasing buffering of packets during the session by adjusting size of a buffer used to buffer packets during the media session and decreasing a rate at which packets are transferred from the buffer.
An apparatus for wireless communications, comprising at least one processor configured to:
- detect an event that indicates an expected disruption in reception of packets is likely to occur during a media session due to an expected mobility procedure, and
- in response to the detection, increase buffering of packets during the session by adjusting size of a buffer used to buffer packets during the media session and decreasing a rate at which packets are transferred from the buffer;
- and
- a memory coupled to the at least one processor.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.