Methods and devices for providing guaranteed quality of service
AssigneeOptis Cellular Technology, LLC
InventorsMin Wang, Marten Ericson
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Abstract
In methods and devices for providing a guaranteed quality of service to a subscriber of a service in a cellular radio system, a start position and an end position are received along with a required quality of service, QoS. Cell site positions are associated with possible user geographical/street paths that will take the subscriber from the start position to the end position and search for paths that will guarantee the required QoS. Based on the search the path that best satisfies the entered input criteria is selected and output to the subscriber.
Claims12
A method of providing a guaranteed quality of service to a subscriber of a service in a cellular radio system, the method comprising:
- receiving a start and an end position as a first input criteria from the subscriber,
- receiving a required quality of service, QoS, as a second input criteria from the subscriber,
- associating cell site positions with possible user geographical/street paths that will take the subscriber from the start position to the end position and search for paths that will guarantee the required QoS,
- selecting the path that best satisfies the received first and second input criteria, wherein the path is selected, at least in part, based on a cost function having as input parameters one or more of:
- coverage, cell load and handover cost, and
- outputting the selected path to the subscriber.
A planning device for providing a guaranteed quality of service to a subscriber of a service in a cellular radio system, the device comprising:
- controller circuitry for receiving a start position and an end position as a first input criteria from the subscriber,
- controller circuitry for receiving a required quality of service, QoS, as a second input criteria from the subscriber,
- controller circuitry for associating site positions with possible user geographical/street paths that will take the subscriber from the start position to the end position and search for paths that will guarantee the required QoS,
- controller circuitry for selecting the path that best satisfies the received first and second input criteria, wherein the path is selected, at least in part, based on a cost function having as input parameters one or more of:
- coverage, cell load and handover cost, and
- controller circuitry for outputting the selected path to the subscriber.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.