Methods and apparatus for reducing call drop rate
AssigneeApple Inc.
InventorsUmesh K. SHUKLA, Sachin J. SANE
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Abstract
Methods and apparatus for reducing voice call drop rate are disclosed. Existing devices do not account for the added burden of background services on voice calls. Specifically, multi-RAB scenarios (e.g., a voice call and background services) can experience significant reduction in call quality. Accordingly, in one exemplary embodiment, background services that are not time-critical and/or application-critical can be suspended while a voice call is in progress. By suspending background traffic during a call, the device can avoid unnecessary multi-RAB voice call operation, which significantly improves overall network operation and user experience.
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A method for increasing call performance of a wireless device configured to support one or more radio access bearers (RABs), the method comprising:
- at the wireless device:
- running one or more background applications, at least one of the one or more background applications in communication with a network via a RAB associated therewith;
- responsive to initiating an additional application in communication with the network via an additional RAB associated therewith, suspending the at least one of the one or more background applications;
- and
- responsive to termination of the additional application, resuming the at least one of the one or more background applications.
An apparatus configured to improve connection performance of a wireless device configured to support communication with a wireless network through one or more radio access bearers (RABs), the apparatus comprising:
- a modem;
- a processor;
- and
- a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having at least one computer program stored thereon, the at least one computer program configured to, when executed on the processor, cause the apparatus to:
- run one or more non-voice applications, at least one of the one or more non-voice applications in communication with the wireless network via a RAB associated therewith;
- responsive to initiating a voice application in communication with the wireless network via an additional RAB associated therewith, suspend the at least one of the one or more non-voice applications;
- and
- responsive to termination of the voice application, resume the at least one of the one or more non-voice applications.
A method to improve connection performance of a wireless device configured to communicate with a wireless network using one or more radio access bearers (RABs), the method comprising:
- by the wireless device:
- while running one or more background applications, communicating data via a RAB with the wireless network;
- detecting a user-initiated process to run an additional application communicating data using an additional RAB with the wireless network;
- inhibiting concurrent operation of at least one of the one or more background applications with the additional application by suspending the at least one of the one or more background applications;
- and
- in response to detecting termination of the additional application, resuming the at least one of the one or more background applications.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.