Selection of packet data protocol context for handover from cellular network to femto cell
View Patent ↗Packet data protocol (PDP) contexts are managed upon cellular-to-femto handover, wherein femto network has disparate capabilities to support applications with distinct access point names (APNs) and quality of service (QoS) profiles. Based at least on activity factors of applications associated with PDP contexts, a QoS-based ranking of PDP contexts, and subscriber input, cellular network platform selects active PDP contexts to retain and suspend upon handover. A group of active PDP contexts is handed off in accordance with femto coverage capability, with remaining active PDP contexts suspended during handover. When a suspended PDP context, and application associated therewith, is resumed through femto coverage, a PDP context modification is conducted with a new APN and the application is routed to a corresponding femto gateway node and application server. Additionally, femto network platform performs a radio access bearer reconfiguration to meet QoS requirements of the resumed PDP context.
1. A method, comprising:
receiving, by a mobile device comprising a processor, an indication of a selection of a first set of active packet data protocol contexts and a second set of active packet data protocol contexts, wherein the first set is for a transfer from cellular network device coverage to femto network device coverage, wherein the second set is for suspension during the transfer and the active packet data protocol contexts in the second set are ranked for resumption in response to an active packet data protocol context from the first set being determined to have been terminated;
presenting, by the mobile device, the selection;
prompting, by the mobile device, for first user input confirming the selection; and
in response to determining the first user input does not confirm the selection, prompting, by the mobile device, for second user input specifying a resume sequence of the active packet data protocol contexts of the second set to be performed in response to the active packet data protocol context from the first set being determined to have been terminated.
2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising conveying, by the mobile device, data representative of the indication to another device that manages packet data protocol contexts.
3. The method of claim 1 , further comprising conveying, by the mobile device, data representative of the resume sequence to another device that manages packet data protocol contexts.
4. The method of claim 1 , further comprising, in response to determining the first user input confirms the selection and in response to the active packet data protocol context from the first set being determined to have been terminated, resuming, by the mobile device, an active packet data protocol context of the second set according to the ranking.
5. The method of claim 1 , further comprising, in response to determining the first user input does not confirm the selection, receiving, by the mobile device, the second user input specifying the resume sequence.
6. The method of claim 5 , further comprising, in response to determining the first user input confirms the selection and in response to the active packet data protocol context from the first set being determined to have been terminated, resuming, by the mobile device, an active packet data protocol context of the second set according to the resume sequence.
7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the ranking of the active packet data protocol contexts of the second set is based on historical user input specifying previous active packet data protocol contexts for previous transfers received by the mobile device.
8. A mobile device, comprising:
a processor; and
a memory that stores executable instructions that, when executed by the processor, facilitate performance of operations, comprising:
receiving an indication of a selection of a first set of active packet data protocol contexts and a second set of active packet data protocol contexts, wherein the first set of active packet data protocol contexts is for a transfer from cellular network device coverage to femto network device coverage, wherein the second set of active packet data protocol contexts is for suspension during the transfer, and wherein the active packet data protocol contexts of the second set are ranked for being resumed following suspension of an active packet data protocol context from the first set;
displaying the selection;
prompting for first user input confirming the selection; and
in response to determining the first user input does not confirm the selection, prompting, by the mobile device, for second user input specifying a resume sequence of the active packet data protocol contexts of the second set to be performed following the suspension of the active packet data protocol context from the first set.
9. The mobile device of claim 8 , the operations further comprising conveying the indication to a component that manages packet data protocol contexts.
10. The mobile device of claim 8 , the operations further comprising conveying the resume sequence to a component that manages packet data protocol contexts.
11. The mobile device of claim 8 , the operations further comprising, in response to determining the first user input confirms the selection and in response to the suspension of the active packet data protocol context from the first set, resuming at least one of the active packet data protocol contexts of the second set according to the ranking.
12. The mobile device of claim 8 , the operations further comprising, in response to determining the first user input does not confirm the selection, receiving, by the mobile device, the second user input specifying the resume sequence.
13. The mobile device of claim 12 , the operations further comprising, in response to determining the first user input confirms the selection and in response to the suspension of the active packet data protocol context from the first set, resuming at least one of the active packet data protocol contexts of the second set according to the resume sequence.
14. The mobile device of claim 8 , wherein the ranking of the active packet data protocol contexts of the second set is further based on historical user input specifying previous active packet data protocol contexts for previous transfers received by the mobile device.
15. A non-transitory machine-readable storage medium, comprising executable instructions that, when executed by a processor, facilitate performance of operations, comprising:
receiving, by a wireless device comprising a processor, an indication of a selection of a first set of active packet data protocol contexts and a second set of active packet data protocol contexts, wherein the first set of active packet data protocol contexts is for a transfer from cellular network device coverage to femto network device coverage, wherein the second set of active packet data protocol contexts is for suspension during the transfer, and wherein the active packet data protocol contexts of the second set are ranked for being resumed following inactivation of an active packet data protocol context from the first set;
initiating, by the wireless device, a display of the selection;
prompting, by the wireless device, for first user input confirming the selection; and
in response to determining the first user input does not confirm the selection, prompting, by the wireless device, for second user input specifying a resume sequence of the active packet data protocol contexts of the second set to be performed following the inactivation of the active packet data protocol context from the first set.
16. The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium of claim 15 , the operations further comprising conveying, by the wireless device, the indication to a network device that manages packet data protocol contexts.
17. The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium of claim 15 , the operations further comprising conveying, by the wireless device, the resume sequence to a network device that manages packet data protocol contexts.
18. The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium of claim 15 , the operations further comprising, in response to determining the first user input confirms the selection and in response to the inactivation of the active packet data protocol context from the first set, resuming, by the wireless device, at least one of the active packet data protocol contexts of the second set according to the ranking.
19. The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium of claim 15 , the operations further comprising, in response to determining the first user input does not confirm the selection, receiving, by the wireless device, the second user input specifying the resume sequence.
20. The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium of claim 19 , the operations further comprising, in response to determining the first user input confirms the selection and in response to the inactivation of the active packet data protocol context from the first set, resuming, by the wireless device, at least one of the active packet data protocol contexts of the second set according to the resume sequence.