US20160142940A1
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Intelligent mobile data offloading
Assignee: Advanced Network Technology Laboratories Pte Ltd
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Filing: 2014-06-17
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Granted: —
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Expires: 2034-06-17
Abstract
Abstract A method for offloading mobile data may include determining a micro-cell performance parameter associated with a micro-cell of a mobile communication system. Further, the method may include determining whether to offload mobile data operations to a micro-cell access point that corresponds to the micro-cell based on the micro-cell performance parameter.
Inventors
- 👤 Wee Tuck Teo
- 👤 Teck Kang Toh
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-30 18:21
CPC Classifications
H; H04; H04W; H04W28/00; H04W28/02; H04W28/08; H04W28/082; H04W28/085; H04L; H04L5/00; H04L5/003; H04L5/0058; H04L5/006; H04W16/00; H04W16/24; H04W16/32; H04W36/00; H04W36/16; H04W36/22; H04W48/00; H04W48/18; H04W48/20; H04W72/085; H04W72/00; H04W72/50; H04W72/54; H04W72/542
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 48
Claim 1
Independent Claim
43 words
1 . A method comprising: determining a micro-cell performance parameter associated with a micro-cell of a mobile communication system; and determining whether to offload mobile data operations to a micro-cell access point that corresponds to the micro-cell based on the micro-cell performance parameter.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
43 words
1 . A method comprising: determining a micro-cell performance parameter associated with a micro-cell of a mobile communication system; and determining whether to offload mobile data operations to a micro-cell access point that corresponds to the micro-cell based on the micro-cell performance parameter.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
90 words
2 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the micro-cell is a first micro-cell, the micro-cell access point is a first micro-cell access point, the micro-cell performance parameter is a first micro-cell performance parameter, and the method further comprises offloading the mobile data operations to the first micro-cell access point from a second micro-cell access point of the mobile communications system based on one or more of the first micro-cell performance parameter and a second micro-cell performance parameter associated with a second micro-cell that corresponds to the second micro-cell.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
44 words
3 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising offloading the mobile data operations from a macro-cell access point to the micro-cell access point based on the micro-cell performance parameter, wherein the macro-cell access point corresponds to a macro-cell that includes the micro-cell.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
68 words
4 . The method of claim 1 further comprising: determining a macro-cell service performance parameter associated with a macro-cell of the mobile communication system, the macro-cell including the micro-cell; and determining whether to offload the mobile data operations from a macro-cell access point that corresponds to the macro-cell to the micro-cell access point based on one or more of the micro-cell performance parameter and the macro-cell performance parameter.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
93 words
5 . The method of claim 4 , wherein the macro-cell performance parameter includes one or more of: a quality of communications between the macro-cell access point and one or more wireless devices, a number of wireless devices being serviced by the macro-cell access point, an overall capacity of the macro-cell access point, a signal to noise ratio (SNR) of macro-cell communications between the macro-cell access point and the one or more wireless devices, and a latency associated with macro-cell communications between the macro-cell access point and the one or more wireless devices.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
32 words
6 . The method of claim 4 , further comprising determining whether to offload the mobile data operations based on a comparison between the micro-cell performance parameter and the macro-cell performance parameter.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
55 words
7 . The method of claim 6 , further comprising determining not to offload the mobile data operations from the macro-cell access point to the micro-cell access point based on the comparison between the macro-cell performance parameter and the micro-cell performance parameter indicating a better quality of service in the macro-cell than in the micro-cell.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
26 words
8 . The method of claim 4 , wherein the micro-cell performance parameter includes a micro-cell latency and the macro-cell performance parameter includes a macro-cell latency.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
36 words
9 . The method of claim 4 , further comprising receiving one or more of the micro-cell performance parameter and the macro-cell performance parameter from one or more of a wireless device and a performance sensor.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
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10 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the micro-cell performance parameter includes a micro-cell latency.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
27 words
11 . The method of claim 10 , further comprising monitoring one or more of control plane communications and data plane communications to determine the micro-cell latency.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
19 words
12 . The method of claim 11 , wherein the control plane communications include Extensible Authentication Protocol (EAP) messages.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
20 words
13 . The method of claim 11 , wherein the data plane communications include Address Resolution Protocol (ARP) pinging messages.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
27 words
14 . The method of claim 10 , further comprising subtracting a wired latency from the micro-cell latency to determine a wireless latency of the micro-cell latency.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
93 words
15 . The method of claim: 1 , wherein the micro-cell performance parameter includes one or more of: a quality of communications between the micro-cell access point and one or more wireless devices, a number of wireless devices being serviced by the micro-cell access point, an overall capacity of the micro-cell access point, a signal to noise ratio (SNR) of micro-cell communications between the micro-cell access point and the one or more wireless devices, and a latency associated with micro-cell communications between the micro-cell access point and the one or more wireless devices.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
65 words
16 . A system comprising: a processor; and a computer-readable storage medium including computer executable instructions configured to cause the processor to perform operations, the operations comprising: determining a micro-cell performance parameter associated with a micro-cell of a mobile communication system; and determining whether to offload mobile data operations to a micro-cell access point that corresponds to the micro-cell based on the micro-cell performance parameter.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
65 words
16 . A system comprising: a processor; and a computer-readable storage medium including computer executable instructions configured to cause the processor to perform operations, the operations comprising: determining a micro-cell performance parameter associated with a micro-cell of a mobile communication system; and determining whether to offload mobile data operations to a micro-cell access point that corresponds to the micro-cell based on the micro-cell performance parameter.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
90 words
17 . The system of claim 16 , wherein the micro-cell is a first micro-cell, the micro-cell access point is a first micro-cell access point, the micro-cell performance parameter is a first micro-cell performance parameter, and the operations further comprise offloading the mobile data operations to the first micro-cell access point from a second micro-cell access point of the mobile communications system based on one or more of the first micro-cell performance parameter and a second micro-cell performance parameter associated with a second micro-cell that corresponds to the second micro-cell.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim
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18 . The system of claim 16 , wherein the operations further comprise offloading the mobile data operations from a macro-cell access point to the micro-cell access point based on the micro-cell performance parameter, wherein the macro-cell access point corresponds to a macro-cell that includes the micro-cell.
Claim 21
Dependent Claim
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19 . The system of claim 16 , wherein the operations further comprise: determining a macro-cell service performance parameter associated with a macro-cell of the mobile communication system, the macro-cell including the micro-cell; and determining whether to offload the mobile data operations from a macro-cell access point that corresponds to the macro-cell to the micro-cell access point based on one or more of the micro-cell performance parameter and the macro-cell performance parameter.
Claim 22
Dependent Claim
93 words
20 . The system of claim 19 , wherein the macro-cell performance parameter includes one or more of: a quality of communications between the macro-cell access point and one or more wireless devices, a number of wireless devices being serviced by the macro-cell access point, an overall capacity of the macro-cell access point, a signal to noise ratio (SNR) of macro-cell communications between the macro-cell access point and the one or more wireless devices, and a latency associated with macro-cell communications between the macro-cell access point and the one or more wireless devices.
Claim 23
Dependent Claim
35 words
21 . The system of claim 19 , wherein the operations further comprise determining whether to offload the mobile data operations based on a comparison between the micro-cell performance parameter and the macro-cell performance parameter.
Claim 24
Dependent Claim
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22 . The system of claim 21 , wherein the operations further comprise determining not to offload the mobile data operations from the macro-cell access point to the micro-cell access point based on the comparison between the macro-cell performance parameter and the micro-cell performance parameter indicating a better quality of service in the macro-cell than in the micro-cell.
Claim 25
Dependent Claim
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23 . The system of claim 19 , wherein the micro-cell performance parameter includes a micro-cell latency and the macro-cell performance parameter includes a macro-cell latency.
Claim 26
Dependent Claim
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24 . The system of claim 19 , wherein the operations further comprise receiving one or more of the micro-cell performance parameter and the macro-cell performance parameter from one or more of a wireless device and a performance sensor.
Claim 27
Dependent Claim
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25 . The system of claim 16 , wherein the micro-cell performance parameter includes a micro-cell latency.
Claim 28
Dependent Claim
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26 . The system of claim 25 , wherein the operations further comprise monitoring one or more of control plane communications and data plane communications to determine the micro-cell latency.
Claim 29
Dependent Claim
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27 . The system of claim 26 , wherein the control plane communications include Extensible Authentication Protocol (EAP) messages.
Claim 30
Dependent Claim
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28 . The system of claim 26 , wherein the data plane communications include Address Resolution Protocol (ARP) pinging messages.
Claim 31
Dependent Claim
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29 . The system of claim 25 , wherein the operations further comprise subtracting a wired latency from the micro-cell latency to determine a wireless latency of the micro-cell latency.
Claim 32
Dependent Claim
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30 . The system of claim 16 wherein the micro-cell performance parameter includes one or more of: a quality of communications between the micro-cell access point and one or more wireless devices, a number of wireless devices being serviced by the micro-cell access point, an overall capacity of the micro-cell access point, a signal to noise ratio (SNR) of micro-cell communications between the micro-cell' access point and the one or more wireless devices, and a latency associated with micro-cell communications between the micro-cell access point and the one or more wireless devices.
Claim 33
Dependent Claim
59 words
31 . A computer-readable storage medium including computer executable instructions configured to cause a system to perform operations, the operations comprising: determining a micro-cell performance parameter associated with a micro-cell of a mobile communication system; and determining whether to offload mobile data operations to a micro-cell access point that corresponds to the micro-cell based on the micro-cell performance, parameter.
Claim 34
Dependent Claim
59 words
31 . A computer-readable storage medium including computer executable instructions configured to cause a system to perform operations, the operations comprising: determining a micro-cell performance parameter associated with a micro-cell of a mobile communication system; and determining whether to offload mobile data operations to a micro-cell access point that corresponds to the micro-cell based on the micro-cell performance, parameter.
Claim 35
Dependent Claim
92 words
32 . The computer-readable storage medium of claim 31 , wherein the micro-cell is a first micro-cell, the micro-cell access point is a first micro-cell access point, the micro-cell performance parameter is a first micro-cell performance parameter, and the operations further comprise offloading the mobile data operations to the first micro-cell access point from a second micro-cell access point of the mobile communications system based on one or more of the first micro-cell performance parameter and a second micro-cell performance parameter associated with a second micro-cell that corresponds to the second micro-cell.
Claim 36
Dependent Claim
49 words
33 . The computer-readable storage medium of claim 31 , wherein the operations further comprise offloading the mobile data operations from a macro-cell access point to the micro-cell access point based on the micro-cell performance parameter, wherein the macro-cell access point corresponds to a macro-cell that includes the micro-cell.
Claim 37
Dependent Claim
74 words
34 . The computer-readable storage medium of claim 31 , wherein the operations further comprise: determining a macro-cell service performance parameter associated with a macro-cell of the mobile communication system, the macro-cell including the micro-cell; and determining whether to offload the mobile data operations from a macro-cell access point that corresponds to the macro-cell to the micro-cell access point based on one or more of the micro-cell performance parameter and the macro-cell performance parameter.
Claim 38
Dependent Claim
95 words
35 . The computer-readable storage medium of claim 34 , wherein the macro-cell performance parameter includes one or more of: a quality of communications between the macro-cell access point and one or more wireless devices, a number of wireless devices being serviced by the macro-cell access point, an overall capacity of the macro-cell access point, a signal to noise ratio (SNR) of macro-cell communications between the macro-cell access point and the one or more wireless devices, and a latency associated with macro-cell communications between the macro-cell access point and the one or more wireless devices.
Claim 39
Dependent Claim
37 words
36 . The computer-readable storage medium of claim 34 , wherein the operations further comprise determining whether to offload the mobile data operations based on a comparison between the micro-cell performance parameter and the macro-cell performance parameter.
Claim 40
Dependent Claim
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37 . The computer-readable storage medium of claim 36 , wherein the operations further comprise determining not to offload the mobile data operations from the macro-cell access point to the micro-cell access point based on the comparison between the macro-cell performance parameter and the micro-cell performance parameter indicating a better quality of service in the macro-cell than in the micro-cell.
Claim 41
Dependent Claim
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38 . The computer-readable storage medium of claim 34 , wherein the micro-cell performance parameter includes a micro-cell latency and the macro-cell performance parameter includes a macro-cell latency.
Claim 42
Dependent Claim
41 words
39 . The computer-readable storage medium of claim 34 , wherein the operations further comprise receiving one or more of the micro-cell performance parameter and the macro-cell performance parameter from one or more of a wireless device and a performance sensor.
Claim 43
Dependent Claim
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40 . The computer-readable storage medium of claim 31 , wherein the micro-cell performance parameter includes a micro-cell latency.
Claim 44
Dependent Claim
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41 . The computer-readable storage medium of claim 40 , wherein the operations further comprise monitoring one or more of control plane communications and data plane communications to determine the micro-cell latency.
Claim 45
Dependent Claim
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42 . The computer-readable storage medium of claim 41 , wherein the control plane communications include Extensible Authentication Protocol (EAP) messages.
Claim 46
Dependent Claim
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43 . The computer-readable storage medium of claim 41 , wherein the data plane communications include Address Resolution Protocol (ARP) pinging messages.
Claim 47
Dependent Claim
32 words
44 . The computer-readable storage- medium of claim 41 , wherein the operations further comprise subtracting a wired latency from the micro-cell latency to determine a wireless latency of the micro-cell latency.
Claim 48
Dependent Claim
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45 . The computer-readable storage medium of claim 31 wherein the micro-cell performance parameter includes one or more of: a quality of communications between the micro-cell access point, and one or more wireless devices, a number of wireless devices being serviced by the micro-cell access point, an overall capacity of the micro-cell access point, a signal to noise ratio (SNR) of micro-cell communications between the micro-cell access point and the one or more wireless devices, and a latency associated with micro-cell communications between the micro-cell access point and the one or more wireless devices.
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