Demand based communication format switching
AssigneeSprint Spectrum L.P.
InventorsDaniel Vivanco, Aik Chindapol
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Abstract
Application requirements of at least two applications of a wireless device in communication with a wireless communication network are determined, an access node list comprising available mobile communication formats and network load information from each access node in communication with the wireless device is received, and a mobile communication format from among the available mobile communication formats for each of the at least two applications is determined. A communication schedule based on the application requirements of the at least two applications, the determined mobile communication formats, and the network load information is generated, and data is communicated between the wireless device and the access node according to the communication schedule.
Claims20
A method of managing data transfer in a multi-technology wireless communication network, comprising:
- determining application requirements of at least two applications of a wireless device in communication with the wireless communication network;
- receiving an access node list comprising available mobile communication formats and network load information from each access node in communication with the wireless device;
- determining a mobile communication format from among the available mobile communication formats for each of the at least two applications;
- generating a communication schedule based on the application requirements of the at least two applications, the determined mobile communication formats, and the network load information, wherein the schedule includes a time period comprising at least a first sub-time period and a second sub-time period;
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- communicating data between the wireless device and the access node according to the communication schedule based on the time period, wherein data formatted according to the determined mobile communication format for the first application is communicated over the first sub-time period and data formatted according to the determined mobile communication format for the second application is communicated over the second sub-time period, and the communication is repeated over at least two time periods.
A processing node to manage data transfer in a multi-technology wireless communication network, comprising:
- a first communication interface to communicate in a first communication format;
- a second communication interface to communicate in a second communication format;
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- a processing system configured to
- receive a data communication from at least two applications of a wireless device in communication with at least one access node through one of the first and second communication interfaces,
- receive an access node list comprising available mobile communication formats and network load information from each of the at least one access nodes through one of the first and second communication interfaces,
- determine application requirements of at least two applications based on the data communications,
- determine a mobile communication format from among the available mobile communication formats for each of the at least two applications,
- generate a communication schedule based on the application requirements of the at least two applications, the determined mobile communication formats, and the network load information, wherein the schedule includes a time period comprising at least a first sub-time period and a second sub-time period,
- transmit through one of the first and second communication interfaces the communication schedule to the at least one access node and to the wireless device to communicate data between the wireless device and the at least one access node according to the communication schedule,
- establish communication paths between the wireless device and the access node for each of the determined mobile communication formats, and
- communicate data between the wireless device and the access node based on the time period according to the communication schedule in one of the communication paths while maintaining a connection between the wireless device and the access node in each of the communication paths, wherein data formatted according to the determined mobile communication format for the first application is communicated over the first sub-time period and data formatted according to the determined mobile communication format for the second application is communicated over the second sub-time period, and the communication is repeated over at least two time periods.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.