US20100150102A1 — Adaptive handover mechanism for heterogeneous wir…

Claim 1

Independent Claim 110 words

1 . A system that facilitates optimizing handover in connection an access network that includes at least one device that exchanges data therewith, wherein the device communicates with at least one access satation within the access network to exchange data, comprising: a rules engine that creates 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; and the rules engine that enforces 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.

Claim 2

Dependent Claim 110 words

1 . A system that facilitates optimizing handover in connection an access network that includes at least one device that exchanges data therewith, wherein the device communicates with at least one access satation within the access network to exchange data, comprising: a rules engine that creates 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; and the rules engine that enforces 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.

Claim 3

Dependent Claim 63 words

2 . The system of claim 1 , the device is at least one of a cellular phone, a mobile device, a portable digital assistant (PDA), a smartphone, a laptop, a gaming device, a portable gaming device, a media player, a portable media player, a web browser, a machine, a computer, a device with a processor and/or memory, or a portable computing device.

Claim 4

Dependent Claim 52 words

3 . The system of claim 1 , the access network is at least one of a wireless network, a cellular network, a Wi-Fi, a WIMAX, a wireless mesh network, a home network, a hotspot, hybrid networks, a multiple access interface network, or a network that provides wireless communication with the device.

Claim 5

Dependent Claim 54 words

4 . The system of claim 1 , the user input related to the QoS experience with the device is information associated with at least one of device connectivity to the access network, device connectivity to the access station, an application resource requirement identified by execution on the device, or a device privacy requirement.

Claim 6

Dependent Claim 41 words

5 . The system of claim 1 , the resource requirement for the device application is a design resource requirement, the design resource requirement is related to bandwidth, latency, signal-to-noise ratio (SNR), packet loss, security, memory, processor speed, or connection type.

Claim 7

Dependent Claim 75 words

6 . The system of claim 1 , the user input related to the device is at least one of the following: a perceptual QoS based on a user; a device connectivity at a geographic location, an application type, a user billing cost for the device, a user service cost for the device, a user cost at a geographic location, a user cost at a geographic location within a wireless network, or a network bandwidth.

Claim 8

Dependent Claim 110 words

7 . The system of claim 1 , the QoS experience with the device is an object performance metric, the object performance metric is related to at least one of a device connectivity associated with at least of a physical layer service quality, a handover quality with an executing application, a service impact with an execution application, a mobility of speed of a wireless user on the access network, a measurement of access network traffic, a measurement of access station traffic, a wireless network coverage, a channel security level, a security setting, a security requirement, a power requirement, or a comparison of two or more service plans for the device.

Claim 9

Dependent Claim 39 words

8 . The system of claim 1 , the rules engine is hosted by at least one of the access network, the device, or a combination of a portion of the access network and a portion of the device.

Claim 10

Dependent Claim 29 words

9 . The system of claim 1 , the rules engine is a stand-alone component that is utilized by at least one of the access network or the device.

Claim 11

Dependent Claim 73 words

10 . The system of claim 1 , further comprising a conflict component that verifies the user-defined rule based upon a comparison with at least one of a network policy related to handover, a device policy related to handover, a network requirement associated with handover, a device requirement related to handover, a test phase, an existing rule related to handover, a template related to a handover rule, or a previously created user-defined rule.

Claim 12

Dependent Claim 48 words

11 . The system of claim 1 , further comprising a rules manager that enables access to the user-defined rule for at least one of an edit, a customization, a deletion of a portion of the user-defined rule, or a creation of a portion of the user-defined rule.

Claim 13

Dependent Claim 63 words

12 . The system of claim 11 , the rules manager further collects historic data related to at least one of the QoS experience with the device or the resource requirement for the device application, the rules engine updates the user-defined rule based upon an analysis of historic data in order to adapt the user-defined rule in accordance with the collected historic data.

Claim 14

Dependent Claim 41 words

13 . The system of claim 11 , the rules manager generates a template with a standardized configuration related to a handover technique for the device, the template is appended to include a portion of personalized data via the user input.

Claim 15

Dependent Claim 37 words

14 . The system of claim 1 , the rules engine receives the user input via at least one of an interface, a presentation component, a web portal, a web site, an entity, or a downloadable program.

Claim 16

Dependent Claim 35 words

15 . The system of claim 1 , further comprising a user profile linked to a particular user and device that includes at least one user-defined rule created by the particular user for the device.

Claim 17

Dependent Claim 35 words

16 . The system of claim 1 , the rules engine incorporates the user-defined rule with at least one of a portion of a network-based handover rule or a portion of a device-based handover rule.

Claim 18

Dependent Claim 127 words

17 . A computer-implemented method that facilitates customizing handover associated with a device and a network based upon a user preference or an application requirement, comprising: receiving a user input associated with defining a portion of criteria reflective of an experience with a device that exchanges data with a wireless environment; creating a user-defined rule for a handover technique within the wireless environment based upon the experience; adapting the user-defined rule based upon at least one of a network-based rule associated with handover, a device-based rule associated with handover, or a monitored experience with the device; performing handover by enforcing the user-defined rule within the wireless environment between at least one of 1) the device and an access network; or 2) the device and an access station

Claim 19

Dependent Claim 127 words

17 . A computer-implemented method that facilitates customizing handover associated with a device and a network based upon a user preference or an application requirement, comprising: receiving a user input associated with defining a portion of criteria reflective of an experience with a device that exchanges data with a wireless environment; creating a user-defined rule for a handover technique within the wireless environment based upon the experience; adapting the user-defined rule based upon at least one of a network-based rule associated with handover, a device-based rule associated with handover, or a monitored experience with the device; performing handover by enforcing the user-defined rule within the wireless environment between at least one of 1) the device and an access network; or 2) the device and an access station

Claim 20

Dependent Claim 126 words

18 . The method of claim 17 , a processor further configured to: collecting a portion of the user input to create the user-defined rule with at least one of the following: monitoring at least one of a channel quality or an access interface type associated with the wireless environment; mapping an application executing on the device to a network service requirement; inferring a network connection service quality based on a monitored result from at least one of the channel quality or the access interface type; generating a list of connections based upon the monitoring and the mapping; filtering the list of connections based upon a metric related to the experience with the device; and seamlessly switching the device to the connection that satisfies the metric.

Claim 21

Dependent Claim 143 words

19 . The method of claim 17 , the experience with the device is a device connectivity associated with at least one of a geographic location, an application type, a billing cost for the device, a service cost for the device, a cost at a geographic location, a cost at a geographic location within a wireless network, a network bandwidth, a QoS quality, a device connectivity based on at least of a physical layer service quality, a handover quality with an executing application, a service impact with an execution application, a mobility of speed of a wireless user on the access network, a measurement of access network traffic, a measurement of access station traffic, a wireless network coverage, a channel security level, a security setting, a security requirement, a power requirement, or a comparison of two or more service plans for the device.

Claim 22

Dependent Claim 126 words

20 . A computer-implemented system that facilitates employing a user-defined rule that enables a handover in connection with a device, an access network, or an access station, comprising: means for exchanging data between an access network and at least one device exchanges data therewith; means for communicating data between the device and at least one access station within the access network; means for creating 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; and means for enforcing 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.

Claim 23

Dependent Claim 126 words

20 . A computer-implemented system that facilitates employing a user-defined rule that enables a handover in connection with a device, an access network, or an access station, comprising: means for exchanging data between an access network and at least one device exchanges data therewith; means for communicating data between the device and at least one access station within the access network; means for creating 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; and means for enforcing 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.

Adaptive handover mechanism for heterogeneous wireless network

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