Method of determining optimal cell configuration based upon determined device location
View Patent ↗A configuration device for configuring a wireless device within a wireless cell can include a receiving unit configured to receive a request message from a wireless device within a wireless cell. In addition, the configuration device can include a first processing unit configured to determine location information of the wireless device, and a second processing unit configured to determine a communication capacity of the wireless device, and to estimate a communication requirement based on the request message. Furthermore, the configuration device can have a transmitting unit configured to transmit optimal information to the wireless device with respect to the request message.
1. A method comprising:
receiving a request, at a first wireless device in a network, to perform a specified task from a second wireless device in the network, in which the network has a plurality of wireless devices;
determining, at the first wireless device, data requirement to perform the specified task requested by the second wireless device;
identifying, at the first wireless device, an optimal device in the network to provide the specified task based on the data requirement, in which the optimal device is one of the plurality of wireless devices in the network;
identifying, at the first wireless device, an optimal location within the network to perform the specified task; and
transmitting from the first wireless device to the second wireless device, an indication of the optimal device to perform the specified task and the optimal location to perform the specified task.
2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the data requirement includes a type of data to be transmitted.
3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the data requirement includes a data rate that is to be transmitted.
4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the data requirement includes a data rate that is to be transmitted in a given time frame.
5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the indication is to be displayed on a topography map of the network.
6. The method of claim 1 , wherein identifying the optimal device includes identifying a primary optimal device and a secondary optimal device to perform the specified task and the indication provides both the primary and secondary optimal devices to the second wireless device.
7. The method of claim 1 , further comprising determining, at the first wireless device, locations of the plurality of wireless devices in the network.
8. The method of claim 1 , wherein identifying the optimal device and optimal location, at the first wireless device, includes identifying a primary optimal device and a secondary optimal device to perform the specified task based on the data requirement, and a primary optimal location and a secondary optimal location to perform the specified task, and the indication provides both the primary and secondary optimal devices and primary and secondary optimal locations to the second wireless device.
9. The method of claim 8 , wherein the indication is to be displayed on a topography map of the network.
10. An apparatus comprising:
a receiver to receive a request from a wireless device in a network to perform a specified task for the wireless device, in which the network has a plurality of wireless devices and the apparatus is part of the network;
a processing unit, coupled to the receiver, to determine data requirement to perform the specified task requested by the wireless device based on the data requirement, and to identify an optimal device in the network to provide the specified task, in which the optimal device is one of the plurality of wireless devices in the network, and the processing unit to determine an optimal location in the network to perform the specified task; and
a transmitter, coupled to the processing unit, to transmit to the wireless device, an indication of the optimal device to perform the specified task and the optimal location to perform the specified task.
11. The apparatus of claim 10 , wherein the apparatus to operate as an access point in the network.
12. The apparatus of claim 11 , wherein the processing unit determines the data requirement to include a type of data or data rate that is to be transmitted.
13. The apparatus of claim 11 , wherein the processing unit to identify a primary optimal device and a secondary optimal device to perform the specified task based on the data requirement, and the indication provides both the primary and secondary optimal devices to the wireless device.
14. The apparatus of claim 11 , further comprising a display in which the indication is to be displayed on a topography map of the network.
15. An apparatus comprising:
a receiver to receive a request from a wireless device in a network to perform a specified task for the wireless device, in which the network has a plurality of wireless devices and the apparatus is part of the network;
a processing unit, coupled to the receiver, to determine locations of the plurality of wireless devices in the network, and the processing unit to determine data requirement to perform the specified task requested by the wireless device and to identify an optimal device in the network to provide the specified task based on the data requirement, and an optimal location within the network to perform the specified task, in which the optimal device is one of the plurality of wireless devices in the network; and
a transmitter, coupled to the processing unit, to transmit to the wireless device, an indication of the optimal device and the optimal location to perform the specified task.
16. The apparatus of claim 15 , wherein the apparatus to operate as an access point in the network.
17. The apparatus of claim 16 , wherein the processing unit determines the data requirement to include a type of data or a data rate that is to be transmitted.
18. The apparatus of claim 16 , wherein the processing unit to identify a primary optimal device and a secondary optimal device to perform the specified task based on the data requirement, and a primary optimal location and secondary optimal location to perform the task, and the indication to provide both the primary and secondary optimal devices and both the primary and secondary optimal locations to the wireless device.
19. The apparatus of claim 16 , further comprising a display in which the indication is to be displayed on a topography map of the network.
20. The apparatus of claim 16 , wherein the transmitter to communicate within the network utilizing a communication specification based on IEEE 802.11, Bluetooth or Ultra Wide Band (UWB).