Method and apparatus for data communication
AssigneeMotorola Solutions, Inc.
InventorsAPARNA PANDEY, HARISH BHANDIWAD, RANDY L. EKL, RYAN P. ZIOLKO
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Abstract
A method and apparatus for data communication. The method includes determining that a first nested network, is available to a plurality of user terminals, the first terminal providing a data interface to a first primary network. The method further includes determining that traffic on the first primary network can be reduced by moving one or more user terminals of the plurality of user terminals from the first primary network to the nested network. The one or more user terminals are then directed to move to the nested network.
Claims19
A data communication method including:
- determining that a nested network, that provides a data interface to a primary network, is available to a plurality of user terminals;
- determining that traffic on the primary network can be reduced by moving one or more user terminals of the plurality of user terminals from the first primary network to the nested network, wherein the nested network comprises an air interface that operates in parallel with a separate air interface provided by the primary network such that a coverage area of the nested network overlaps with a coverage area of the primary network, and wherein the nested network uses network elements of the primary network to backhaul uplink data received from, and to receive downlink data intended for, one or more of the plurality of user terminals;
- and
- directing the one or more user terminals to move to the nested network.
A data communication system comprising;
- a primary network;
- a nested network connected to the primary network, wherein the nested network provides a data interface to the primary network;
- and
- a service manager including a processor and computer readable instruction code, executable by the processor, for:
- determining that traffic on a primary network can be reduced by moving one or more user terminals from the primary network to the nested network;
- and
- directing the one or more user terminals to move to the nested network.
A data communication method including:
- determining that a nested network, that provides a data interface to a first alternate network, is available to a plurality of user terminals that are connected to a primary network;
- determining that traffic on the first alternate network can be relayed to one or more user terminals of the plurality of user terminals by moving the one or more user terminals of the plurality of user terminals from the primary network to the nested network;
- and
- directing the one or more user terminals to move to the nested network.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.