Indicating radio bearer information to network applications
AssigneeAT&T Mobility II LLC
InventorVinod Pandey
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Abstract
Providing information related to a quality of a mobile communication link to an internal and/or external application provider is described herein. By way of example, a system can include component(s) that can receive communication link quality information associated with a mobile session, incorporate such information into a data packet, and forward such data packet to an application provider. The system can provide such information for second generation network components, third generation network components, and advanced components compatible with both second and third generation network architectures.
Claims18
A system that provides communication link information to content providers, comprising:
- an analysis component configured to extract bandwidth information corresponding to a radio bearer employed for a current communication session between a communication network and a mobile device, wherein the bandwidth information comprises an Internet protocol address associated with the radio bearer;
- a reference component configured to store a list of Internet protocol addresses and associated architecture types for the Internet protocol addresses, wherein the reference component is further configured to provide the list to a content provider of the communication network;
- a matching component configured to submit the bandwidth information to the content provider, wherein the bandwidth information and list enable the content provider to infer a transmission bandwidth supported by the radio bearer and customize content to supply a service to the mobile device at a data exchange rate that substantially matches the transmission bandwidth supported by the radio bearer;
- a detection component configured to identify a change in the bandwidth information and submit the change to the matching component;
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- wherein the matching component is further configured to submit the change in the bandwidth information to the content provider.
A method of providing data exchange tailored to a communication link quality, comprising:
- obtaining communication link quality information related to a radio bearer providing a current communication session to a mobile device, wherein the communication link quality information comprises an Internet protocol address associated with the radio bearer;
- detecting a change in the communication link quality information;
- analyzing the communication link quality information, wherein the analyzing comprises:
- matching the Internet protocol address against a list of Internet protocol addresses and associated architecture types,
- identifying an architecture type associated with the Internet protocol address,
- inferring a transmission bandwidth supported by the radio bearer based upon the identified architecture type;
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- customizing content to supply a service to the mobile device at a data exchange rate substantially equivalent to the transmission bandwidth.
A non-transitory computer readable storage medium comprising computer executable instructions that, in response to execution by a computing system, cause the computing system to perform operations, comprising:
- obtaining communication link quality information related to a radio bearer employed in a current communication session to a mobile device, wherein the communication link quality information comprises an Internet protocol address associated with the radio bearer;
- detecting a change in the communication link quality information;
- analyzing the communication link quality information, wherein the analyzing comprises:
- matching the Internet protocol address against a list of Internet protocol addresses and associated architecture types,
- identifying an architecture type associated with the Internet protocol address,
- inferring a transmission bandwidth supported by the radio bearer based upon the identified architecture type;
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- determining content to supply a service to the mobile device at a data exchange rate substantially equivalent to the inferred transmission bandwidth.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.