# US 2014/0153497 A1 · Facilitation of bandwidth-based femto cell management > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2014/0153497 A1 - Document ID: US20140153497A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 13/692,429 - Filed: 2012-12-03 - Published: 2014-06-05 - Earliest claimed: 2012-12-03 - Assignees: AT&T Mobility II LLC - Applicants: At&T Mobility II LLC - Inventors: Arthur Richard Brisebois; David Beppler - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20140153497A1 ## CPC - H04W 72/23: in the downlink direction of a wireless link, i.e. towards a terminal - H04W 28/18: Negotiating wireless communication parameters - H04W 72/542: using measured or perceived quality - H04L 5/003: {Arrangements for allocating sub-channels of the transmission path} - H04L 5/0064: {Rate requirement of the data, e.g. scalable bandwidth, data priority} - H04W 72/02: Selection of wireless resources by user or terminal - H04W 72/0453: Resources in frequency domain, e.g. a carrier in FDMA - H04W 72/541: using the level of interference - H04W 84/045: {using private Base Stations, e.g. femto Base Stations, home Node B} - H04W: WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS (broadcast communication H04H; communication systems using wireless links for non-selective communication, e.g. wireless extensions H04M1/72) - H04L: TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION (arrangements common to telegraphic and telephonic communication H04M) ## Abstract A femto cell access point device (FAPD) selects channel bandwidth and frequency for transmission based on bandwidth of a broadband channel between the femto cell and a core network. A method can include determining a data throughput associated with a broadband channel communicatively coupling the access point device and a network device of a network, and evaluating channel information associated with a plurality of frequency sub-bands. The access point device can be configurable to communicate over the plurality of frequency sub-bands. The method can also include selecting a transmission parameter for a mobile device, wherein the selecting is based on the data throughput, and wherein the transmission parameter comprises information representing a selected set of the plurality of frequency sub-bands. The broadband channel can be a digital subscriber line (DSL) channel in some embodiments. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A method, comprising: determining, by an access point device including a processor, a data throughput associated with a broadband channel communicatively coupling the access point device and a network device of a network; evaluating, by the access point device, channel information associated with a plurality of frequency sub-bands, wherein the access point device is configurable to communicate over the plurality of frequency sub-bands; and selecting, by the access point device, a transmission parameter for a mobile device, wherein the selecting is based on the data throughput, and wherein the transmission parameter comprises information representing a selected one of the plurality of frequency sub-bands. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the access point device is a femto cell access point device. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the broadband channel is a digital subscriber line channel. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the transmission parameter is included in a set of transmission parameters, wherein the set of transmission parameters comprises another parameter representing a channel bandwidth of the broadband channel. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the evaluating the channel information comprises: evaluating downlink channel information associated with the plurality of frequency sub-bands; evaluating uplink noise information associated with the plurality of frequency sub-bands; and ranking the plurality of frequency sub-bands based on the evaluating the downlink channel information and the evaluating the uplink noise information for the plurality of frequency sub-bands. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The method of claim 5, wherein the downlink channel information comprises information indicative of a downlink channel quality of a channel accessible by the access point device. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the determining the data throughput associated with the broadband channel between the access point device and the network device comprises: determining the data throughput associated with the broadband channel based on a time duration for transferring information from the access point device and the network device. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the selecting the transmission parameter comprises: predicting a throughput for one of the plurality of frequency sub-bands, wherein the throughput corresponds to a first channel bandwidth of a plurality of channel bandwidths; determining whether the throughput satisfies a defined condition relative to the data throughput associated with the broadband channel; and in response to the throughput being determined to satisfy the defined condition, selecting the first channel bandwidth for the transmission parameter. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The method of claim 8, wherein the defined condition comprises a condition of the radio throughput being greater than the data throughput associated with the broadband channel. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the selecting the transmission parameter comprises: selecting a minimum channel bandwidth of a plurality of channel bandwidths that corresponds to a predicted throughput that satisfies a defined condition relative to the data throughput associated with the broadband channel. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The method of claim 10, wherein the selecting the transmission parameter further comprises: determining a combined predicted throughput resultant from combining a plurality of predicted throughputs including the predicted throughput, wherein the determining the combined predicted throughput is performed after determining that the predicted throughput fails to satisfy the defined condition; comparing the combined predicted throughput to the data throughput associated with the broadband channel between the access point device and the network device; and selecting a second channel bandwidth for the transmission parameter based on the combined predicted throughput being determined to satisfy the defined condition, wherein the second channel bandwidth is defined to be wider than the first channel bandwidth. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The method of claim 11, wherein the plurality of channel bandwidths comprises a plurality of long-term evolution channel bandwidths. ### Claim 13 A system, comprising: a memory to store instructions; and a processor, communicatively coupled to the memory, that facilitates execution of instructions to perform operations, comprising: determining a data throughput between the system and a network device; evaluating a plurality of frequency sub-bands based on channel quality information for the plurality of frequency sub-bands; selecting a channel bandwidth of a plurality of channel bandwidths associated with a predicted throughput that satisfies a defined condition relative to the data throughput between the system and the network device, wherein the predicted throughput is a throughput of information through a frequency sub-band of the plurality of frequency sub-bands; and selecting a frequency sub-band of the plurality of frequency sub-bands for transmission, wherein the selecting is based on the evaluating and the selecting. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The system of claim 13, wherein the channel quality information comprises respective downlink channel quality indicator information and respective uplink noise information for the plurality of frequency sub-bands. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) The system of claim 14, wherein the evaluating the plurality of frequency sub-bands comprises: ranking the plurality of frequency sub-bands based on the respective downlink channel quality indicator information and the respective uplink noise information for the plurality of frequency sub-bands. ### Claim 16 (depends on 13) The system of claim 13, wherein the data throughput between the system and the network device comprises a defined digital subscriber line throughput between the system and the network device. ### Claim 17 (depends on 13) The system of claim 13, wherein the selecting the channel bandwidth of the plurality of channel bandwidths comprises: selecting the channel bandwidth of the plurality of channel bandwidths determined to have an associated predicted throughput that is greater than the data throughput between the system and the network device. ### Claim 18 A computer-readable storage medium storing computer-executable instructions that, in response to execution, cause a system including a processor to perform operations, comprising: ranking a plurality of frequency sub-bands based on channel quality information determined for the plurality of frequency sub-bands; selecting a channel bandwidth of a plurality of channel bandwidths associated with a predicted throughput that satisfies a defined condition relative to a data throughput, wherein the predicted throughput is a throughput of information through a frequency sub-band of the plurality of frequency sub-bands; and selecting a frequency sub-band of the plurality of frequency sub-bands, wherein the selecting the frequency sub-band is based on the ranking. ### Claim 19 (depends on 18) The computer-readable storage medium of claim 18, wherein the channel quality information comprises: respective downlink channel quality indicator information and respective uplink noise information for the plurality of frequency sub-bands. ### Claim 20 (depends on 18) The computer-readable storage medium of claim 18, wherein the operations further comprise: determining the data throughput from the system to a network device.