Multi-carrier selection
View Patent ↗A method of operating a communication system is disclosed. A location associated with a first wireless device is received. For a first frequency band, a first stored signal quality indicator associated with the location is received. For a second frequency band, a second stored signal quality indicator associated with the location is received. Based on the first stored signal quality indicator and the second stored signal quality indicator, the first frequency band is selected.
1. A method of operating a communication system, comprising:
receiving a first location associated with a first wireless device;
determining a defined area, the defined area being an area surrounding the first wireless device and being defined based on a distance from the first location associated with the first wireless device;
receiving, for a first frequency band, a first stored signal quality indicator associated with a second location located within the defined area;
receiving, for a second frequency band, a second stored signal quality indicator associated with one of the second location and a third location located within the defined area; and,
selecting, based on the first stored signal quality indicator and the second stored signal quality indicator, the first frequency band.
2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
receiving, from the first wireless device, a signal quality indicator associated with the first frequency band.
3. The method of claim 2 , further comprising:
selecting, based on the signal quality indicator satisfying a criteria, the second frequency band.
4. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
communicating with the first wireless device using the first frequency band; and,
receiving, from the first wireless device, a signal quality indicator associated with the first frequency band.
5. The method of claim 4 , further comprising:
based on the signal quality indicator, communicating with the first wireless device using the second frequency band.
6. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
requesting a first signal quality indicator that is associated with the first frequency band from a second wireless device;
associating the first signal quality indicator with the defined area;
storing the first stored signal quality indicator based on the first signal quality indicator.
7. The method of claim 6 , further comprising:
requesting a second signal quality indicator that is associated with the second frequency band from the second wireless device;
associating the second signal quality indicator with the defined area;
storing the second stored signal quality indicator based on the second signal quality indicator.
8. The method of claim 7 , wherein the steps of requesting a first signal quality indicator and requesting a second signal quality indicator are performed when the second wireless device is not scheduled to communicate a packet.
9. A method of operating a communication system, comprising:
storing a plurality of associations between a plurality of signal quality indicators and a plurality of locations;
receiving a request to communicate a packet with a wireless device;
determining a location associated with the wireless device;
determining a defined area, the defined area being an area surrounding the first wireless device and being defined based on a distance from the location associated with the first wireless device;
selecting, based on the defined area and at least one of the plurality of associations between the plurality of signal quality indicators and a set of the plurality of locations located within the defined area, at least one of the plurality of signal quality indicators; and,
based on the selected at least one of the plurality of signal quality indicators, selecting a first frequency band.
10. The method of claim 9 , further comprising:
receiving, from the wireless device, a signal quality indicator associated with the first frequency band.
11. The method of claim 10 , further comprising:
selecting a second frequency band based on the signal quality indicator satisfying a criteria.
12. The method of claim 9 , further comprising:
communicating the packet with the wireless device using the first frequency band; and,
receiving, from the wireless device, a signal quality indicator associated with the first frequency band.
13. The method of claim 12 , further comprising:
based on the signal quality indicator, communicating with the wireless device using a second frequency band.
14. The method of claim 13 , further comprising:
associating the signal quality indicator with the defined area; and,
storing the association between the signal quality indicators and the defined area.
15. A communication system, comprising:
a wireless station that communicates with a wireless device using a first frequency band and switches to communicating with the wireless device using a second frequency band; and,
the communication system determining a location associated with the wireless device, determining a defined area that is an area surrounding the wireless device and defined based on a distance from the location associated with the wireless device and retrieving a first stored signal quality indicator associated with a second location located within the defined area and the first frequency band and a second stored signal quality indicator associated with one of the second location and a third location located within the defined area and the second frequency band, the communication system causing the wireless station to switch to communicating with the wireless device using the second frequency band based on the first stored signal quality indicator and the second stored signal quality indicator.
16. The communication system of claim 15 , wherein a signal quality indicator associated with the second frequency band is received from the wireless device.
17. The communication system of claim 16 wherein the wireless station switches back to communicating with the wireless device using the first frequency band based on the signal quality indicator satisfying a criteria.
18. The communication system of claim 15 , wherein the wireless station requests a first signal quality indicator that is associated with the first frequency band from a second wireless device, and the communication system associates the first signal quality indicator with the defined area.
19. The communication system of claim 18 , wherein the communication system stores the first stored signal quality indicator based on the first signal quality indicator.
20. The communication system of claim 18 , the wireless station requests a second signal quality indicator that is associated with the second frequency band from the second wireless device, and the communication system associates the second signal quality indicator with the defined area.