Network and user behavior based time-shifted mobile data transmission
AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorsMalolan Chetlur, Shivkumar Kalyanaraman, Hemant Jagdish Kowshik
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Abstract
A system, and computer program product for mobile data transmission are provided in the illustrative embodiments. A request for data is received from a mobile device. A determination is made whether a data transmission over a mobile data communication network in response to the request can be delayed, forming a time-shifting determination. A determination is made, responsive to the time-shifting determination being affirmative, a delayed schedule for the data transmission in response to the request such that the data transmission is completed by a deadline. The data is transmitted over the mobile data communication network according to the delayed schedule.
Claims7
A computer usable program product comprising a computer usable storage device including computer usable code for mobile data transmission, the computer usable code comprising:
- computer usable code for receiving a request for data from a mobile device;
- computer usable code for determining, using a processor and a memory, whether a data transmission over a mobile data communication network in response to the request can be delayed, forming a time-shifting determination;
- computer usable code for determining, responsive to the time-shifting determination being affirmative, a delayed schedule for the data transmission in response to the request such that the data transmission is completed by a deadline, wherein determining the delayed schedule further comprises:
- computer usable code for determining a probability density function (PDF) of network load in the mobile data communication network over a period, wherein the PDF of network load is determined using historical network load data collected from a set of mobile data communication network infrastructure components;
- computer usable code for determining a pattern of movement (mobility pattern) of the mobile device during the period;
- computer usable code for computing a load threshold using the network load PDF and the mobility pattern, such that transmitting the data only when network load is below the load threshold satisfies the deadline;
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- computer usable code for computing a rate of transmission corresponding to the load threshold, wherein the delayed schedule is based on the rate of transmission;
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- computer usable code for transmitting over the mobile data communication network the data according to the delayed schedule.
A data processing system for mobile data transmission, the data processing system comprising:
- a storage device, wherein the storage device stores computer usable program code;
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- a processor, wherein the processor executes the computer usable program code, and wherein the computer usable program code comprises:
- computer usable code for receiving a request for data from a mobile device;
- computer usable code for determining, using a processor and a memory, whether a data transmission over a mobile data communication network in response to the request can be delayed, forming a time-shifting determination;
- computer usable code for determining, responsive to the time-shifting determination being affirmative, a delayed schedule for the data transmission in response to the request such that the data transmission is completed by a deadline, wherein determining the delayed schedule further comprises:
- computer usable code for determining a probability density function (PDF) of network load in the mobile data communication network over a period, wherein the PDF of network load is determined using historical network load data collected from a set of mobile data communication network infrastructure components;
- computer usable code for determining a pattern of movement (mobility pattern) of the mobile device during the period;
- computer usable code for computing a load threshold using the network load PDF and the mobility pattern, such that transmitting the data only when network load is below the load threshold satisfies the deadline;
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- computer usable code for computing a rate of transmission corresponding to the load threshold, wherein the delayed schedule is based on the rate of transmission;
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- computer usable code for transmitting over the mobile data communication network the data according to the delayed schedule.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.