System and method for adapting information content according to the capability of the access bearer
AssigneeOptis Wireless Technology, LLC
InventorsRobert Bengt Skog, Staffan Pehrson
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Abstract
A communication system is adapted to provide access to application information on an application server utilizing a specific one of multiple radio access types. Access is provided via an access network using an access bearer. The capability of the specifically requested access bearer is sent to the application server to tailor the application information content according to the capability of the specific access bearer. The information content is then transmitted to the requesting device.
Claims20
A terminal in a wireless communication system, wherein the terminal is adapted to be wirelessly connected to at least one access device, each of said at least one access device arranged to provide wireless access over a type of access bearer, the terminal comprising a controller and memory, the controller, working with the memory, being configured to:
- initiate an information request to be sent to an application server;
- store, in the memory, information about a bearer capability of an access bearer used for conveying communication between the terminal and the at least one access device;
- retrieve, from the memory, information about the bearer capability of the access bearer;
- identify a relevant bearer capability based on the retrieved information;
- attach information representative of the relevant bearer capability of the access bearer to a header of the information request;
- and
- send the information request, with the header, to the application server via the access bearer.
A method of operating a terminal in a wireless communication system, wherein the terminal is adapted to be wirelessly connected to at least one access device, each of said at least one access device arranged to provide wireless access over a type of access bearer, the terminal comprising a controller and memory, the method comprising:
- initiating, by the controller, an information request to be sent to an application server;
- storing, in the memory, information about a bearer capability of an access bearer used for conveying communication between the terminal and the at least one access device;
- retrieving, from the memory, information about the bearer capability of the access bearer;
- identifying, by the controller, a relevant bearer capability from the retrieved information;
- attaching, by the controller, information representative of the relevant bearer capability of the access bearer to a header of the information request;
- and
- sending the information request, with the header, to the application server via the access bearer.
A method of operating a terminal in a wireless communication system, said terminal adapted to be wirelessly connected to at least one access device, each of said at least one access device arranged to provide wireless access over a type of access bearer, the terminal comprising a controller and memory, the method comprising:
- initiating, by the controller, an information request to be sent to an application server, wherein a header of the information request comprises information representative of a relevant bearer capability of an access bearer used for conveying communication between the terminal and the at least one access device;
- transmitting the information request, with the header, to the application server via the access bearer;
- and
- receiving requested information from the application server in response to the information request, the requested information being tailored depending on the information representative of the relevant bearer capability of the access bearer used for conveying communication between the terminal and the at least one access device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.