Adaptive handover mechanism for heterogeneous wireless network
AssigneeAT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
InventorsZhi Li, Raghvendra Savoor, Jian Li
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Abstract
The claimed subject matter provides a system and/or a method that facilitates optimizing handover in connection with an access network. An access network can include at least one device exchanges data therewith, wherein the device communicates with at least one access station within the access network to exchange data. A rules engine can create a user-defined rule based upon at least one of a resource requirement for a device application or a user input related to a quality of service (QoS) experience with the device. The rules engine can enforce the user-defined rule to employ handover related to the device and at least one of an access station within the access network or a disparate access network.
Claims19
A system, comprising:
- a memory that stores computer-executable instructions;
- and
- at least one processor, communicatively coupled to the memory, that facilitates execution of the computer-executable instructions to at least:
- receive an input related to a criterion related to a user-defined quality of service requirement for an application running on a device at a location
- define a metric for a rule for a handover choice for the application running on the device at the location based on the input;
- monitor a plurality of channel qualities corresponding to a plurality of channels within the wireless environment at the location;
- map the application running on the device to potential channels from the plurality of channels based on a network quality of service requirement;
- determine a quality of service for the potential channels based on the plurality of channel qualities;
- generate the list of potential connections based on the quality of service for the potential connections;
- filter a connection for handover for the application running on the device at the location from the list of potential connections based on the metric;
- and
- switch the device to the connection that satisfies the metric.
A method, comprising:
- receiving an input, by a system including at least one processor, defining a criterion related to a user-defined quality of service requirement for a location related to an application running on a device that exchanges data with a wireless environment;
- creating, by the system, a rule for a handover technique within the wireless environment for the location based on the input;
- monitoring, by the system, a plurality of channel qualities corresponding to a plurality of channels within the wireless environment at the location;
- mapping, by the system, the application running on the device to potential channels from the plurality of channels based on a network quality of service requirement;
- determining, by the system, a quality of service for potential channels available at the location;
- generating, by the system, a list of connections satisfying a network quality of service requirement based on the determining;
- filtering, by the system, the list of connections based on a metric related the rule;
- and
- switching, by the system, the device to the connection satisfying the metric.
A non-transitory computer readable medium having computer instructions stored thereon that, in response to execution, cause a computing device, including at least one processor, to perform operations, comprising:
- receiving an input defining a criterion related to a user-defined quality of service requirement for a location related to an application running on a device that exchanges data with a wireless environment;
- creating a rule for a handover technique within the wireless environment for the location based on the input;
- monitoring a plurality of channel qualities corresponding to a plurality of channels within the wireless environment at the location;
- mapping the application to potential channels from the plurality of channels based on a network quality of service requirement;
- determining a quality of service for the potential channels at the location based on the plurality of channel qualities;
- generating a list of potential connections satisfying a network quality of service requirement based on the determining;
- filtering the list of connections based on a metric related the rule;
- and
- switching the device to the connection satisfying the metric.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.