IP Library Patent Application 12015313
Patent Application
App. No. 12/015,313

WIRELESS DATA DELIVERY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD

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App. No.
12/015,313
Abstract

A management system includes a base station controller that uses performance metrics received from one or more associated base stations and/or from other user devices along with service delivery rules to determine when portions of data of a first data transfer are to be sent and/or at what rate the data portions are to be sent from a first base station servicing a first communication cell to a first user device located in the first communication cell thereby seeking to accomplish network availability goals for the first use device receiving the first data transfer, to accomplish network availability goals for other user devices also serviced in the first communication cell by the first base station, and/or to accomplish network availability goals for other user devices serviced in other communication cells by other base stations.

Claims (32)

1 . A system comprising:

a first wireless base station;

a wireless user device configured to undergo a first communication with the first base station

a second wireless base station;

a second user device configured to undergo a second communication with the second base station; and

a base station controller configured to control communication between the first wireless base station and the first user device based upon at least one performance metric related to the second communication and based upon at least one service delivery rule.

2 . The system of claim 1 wherein the first wireless base station is of a first tier of a cluster of base stations and the second wireless base station is of a second tier of a cluster of base stations.

3 . The system of claim 1 wherein the base station controller is configured to control communication based upon at least a neural network.

4 . The system of claim 1 wherein the base station controller is configured to control communication based upon the at least one service delivery rule having configuration parameters that include at least one of terrain, foliage, buildings, subscriber density and spectrum availability.

5 . The system of claim 1 wherein the base station controller is configured to control communication by adjusting at least one of the following: data delivery rate, transmit power, modulation and coding of a communication channel, spreading gain of a communication channel, the spreading code(s) used for the communication channel, time resource(s) used for communication channel, and frequency resource(s) used for communication channel.

6 . The system of claim 1 wherein the base station controller is configured to control communication based upon at least one performance metric being at least one of the following: signal to interference plus noise ratio (SINR) of communication channel, signal to interference ratio (SIR) of communication channel, received signal strength indication (RSSI), received signal code power (RSCP), communication channel bit error rate (BER), communication channel block error rate (BLER), IP congestion of data connection, and pilot channel quality indication.

7 . The system of claim 1 wherein the base station controller reallocates a portion of a radio frequency spectrum for the first base station to at least in part control communication between the first wireless base station and the first user device.

8 . A method comprising:

transmitting a first communication between a wireless user device and a first wireless base station;

transmitting a second communication between a second user device and a second wireless base station; and

controlling communication between the first wireless base station and the first user device based upon at least one performance metric related to the second communication and based upon at least one service delivery rule.

9 . The method of claim 8 wherein the first wireless base station is of a first tier of a cluster of base stations and the second wireless base station is of a second tier of a cluster of base stations.

10 . The method of claim 8 wherein controlling communication is based upon at least a neural network.

11 . The method of claim 8 wherein controlling communication is based upon the at least one service delivery rule having configuration parameters that include at least one of terrain, foliage, buildings, subscriber density and spectrum availability.

12 . The method of claim 8 wherein controlling communication is performed by adjusting at least one of the following: data delivery rate, transmit power, modulation and coding of a communication channel, spreading gain of a communication channel, the spreading code(s) used for the communication channel, time resource(s) used for communication channel, and frequency resource(s) used for communication channel.

13 . The method of claim 8 wherein controlling communication is based upon at least one performance metric being at least one of the following: signal to interference plus noise ratio (SINR) of communication channel, signal to interference ratio (SIR) of communication channel, received signal strength indication (RSSI), received signal code power (RSCP), communication channel bit error rate (BER), communication channel block error rate (BLER), IP congestion of data connection, and pilot channel quality indication.

14 . The method of claim 8 wherein controlling communication is performed at least in part by reallocation of a portion of a radio frequency spectrum.

15 . A computer readable media containing instructions to implement a method comprising:

transmitting a first communication between a wireless user device and a first wireless base station;

transmitting a second communication between a second user device and a second wireless base station; and

controlling communication between the first wireless base station and the first user device based upon at least one performance metric related to the second communication and based upon at least one service delivery rule.

16 . The media of claim 15 wherein the first wireless base station is of a first tier of a cluster of base stations and the second wireless base station is of a second tier of a cluster of base stations.

17 . The media of claim 15 wherein controlling communication is based upon at least a neural network.

18 . The media of claim 15 wherein controlling communication is based upon the at least one service delivery rule having configuration parameters that include at least one of terrain, foliage, buildings, subscriber density and spectrum availability.

19 . The media of claim 15 wherein controlling communication is performed by adjusting at least one of the following: data delivery rate, transmit power, modulation and coding of a communication channel, spreading gain of a communication channel, the spreading code(s) used for the communication channel, time resource(s) used for communication channel, and frequency resource(s) used for communication channel.

20 . The media of claim 15 wherein controlling communication is based upon at least one performance metric being at least one of the following: signal to interference plus noise ratio (SINR) of communication channel, signal to interference ratio (SIR) of communication channel, received signal strength indication (RSSI), received signal code power (RSCP), communication channel bit error rate (BER), communication channel block error rate (BLER), IP congestion of data connection, and pilot channel quality indication.

21 . The media of claim 15 wherein controlling communication is performed at least in part by reallocation of a portion of a radio frequency spectrum.

Assignments (5)
MERGER Recorded May 28, 2010
From: OPANGA NETWORKS, LLC
To: OPANGA NETWORKS, INC.
Reel/Frame 024456/0590 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Oct 23, 2009
From: MEDIACAST, LLC
To: OPANGA NETWORKS, LLC
Reel/Frame 023414/0305 →
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT Recorded Oct 21, 2009
From: GIBBONS, DAVID B.; BURNETTE, JOHN M.; HOOLE, ELLIOTT D.
To: MEDIACAST, LLC
Reel/Frame 023406/0363 →
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE ASSIGNOR EXECUTION DATES AND ASSIGNEE'S ADDRESS PREVIOUSLY RECORDED REEL/FRAME 020767/0439 Recorded Oct 14, 2009
From: GIBBONS, DAVID B.; BURNETTE, JOHN M.; HOOLE, ELLIOTT D.
To: MEDIACAST, LLC
Reel/Frame 023412/0505 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 7, 2008
From: GIBBONS, DAVID B.; BURNETTE, JOHN M.; HOOLE, ELLIOTT D.
To: MEDIACAST, INC.
Reel/Frame 020767/0439 →