IP Library Granted Patent US 10,123,214
Granted Patent B2
US 10,123,214 · App. 15/379,480 · Granted Nov 6, 2018

Method and apparatus for optimizing multi-protocol radio technology using local QOS advertising

Inventors: Will A. Egner (Cedar Park, TX); Liam B. Quinn (Austin, TX)
Assignee: Dell Products, LP
H04W16/16H04W28/08H04W48/10H04W84/042H04W84/12
View Patent ↗
Loading inventors, assignments & file history…
Monitor This Case
Get email alerts when status or documents change.
Order Certified Copies
Most orders are placed with the USPTO same day — all within 24 business hours.
Order via The Patent Place →
Pre-filled with this patent's details
Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 10,123,214
App. No.
15/379,480
Granted
Nov 6, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

A system and method including scanning a plurality of radio channels, via a radio scanning modem, in a shared communication frequency band for a plurality of base transceiver station (BTS) systems operating a first wireless link protocol within communication range of a wireless interface for an anchor BTS, detecting a BTS load for each detected BTS systems of the first wireless link protocol operating on each radio channel in a wireless neighborhood, receiving data scanned for the BTS load for detected BTS systems of a second wireless link protocol in the wireless neighborhood, and preparing a radiofrequency band local QoS report for at least one detected BTS system of the first wireless link protocol and at least one detected BTS system of the second wireless link protocol in the shared communication frequency band of the wireless neighborhood for unlicensed broadcast to a user mobile information handling system.

Claims (52)

1. An information handling system comprising:

a wireless interface for operating as a base transceiver station (BTS) via one or more wireless links under a first wireless link protocol at a location in a wireless neighborhood;

a radio scanning modem for scanning a plurality of radio channels in a shared communication frequency band for remote BTS systems operating the first wireless link protocol within communication range of the wireless interface;

an application processor detecting a BTS load for each detected BTS systems of the first wireless link protocol operating on each radio channel in the wireless neighborhood;

the application processor receiving data scanned for the BTS load for detected BTS systems of a second wireless link protocol in the wireless neighborhood; and

the application processor preparing a radiofrequency band local QoS report for at least one detected BTS system of the first wireless link protocol and at least one detected BTS system of the second wireless link protocol in the shared communication frequency band of the wireless neighborhood for unlicensed broadcast to a user mobile information handling system,

wherein the RF band local QoS report includes a BTS identifier, an operation radio channel, and a BTS radiofrequency traffic load.

2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the first wireless link protocol is a WLAN wireless link protocol and the second wireless link protocol is an unlicensed small cell WWAN wireless link protocol.

3. The system of claim 1 , wherein the first wireless link protocol is a LPWAN wireless link and the second wireless link protocol is a second LPWAN wireless link.

4. The system of claim 1 further comprising:

the wireless adapter broadcasts the radiofrequency band local QoS report on an unlicensed general advertising services channel.

5. The system of claim 4 , wherein the wireless adapter broadcasts the radiofrequency band local QoS report on an unlicensed general advertising services channel periodically.

6. The system of claim 1 further comprising:

the application processor transmitting a recommended BTS based on QoS factors for each detected BTS system available in the wireless neighborhood.

7. The system of claim 1 , wherein the radiofrequency band local QoS report includes a ranked plurality of the BTS systems in the wireless neighborhood.

8. The system of claim 1 further comprising:

the application processor detecting the user mobile information handling system in the wireless neighborhood;

the application processor executing code instructions of a context aware radio resource management system to determining a plurality of optimal BTS systems for the first and second wireless links based on a spatial-temporal radio frequency profile indicating signal quality; and

broadcasting that plurality of optimal BTS systems to the user mobile information handling system.

9. A computer implemented method comprising:

scanning a plurality of radio channels, via a radio scanning modem, in a shared communication frequency band for a plurality of base transceiver station (BTS) systems operating a first wireless link protocol within communication range of a wireless interface for an anchor BTS;

detecting, via an application processor, a BTS load for each detected BTS systems of the first wireless link protocol operating on each radio channel in a wireless neighborhood;

receiving data scanned for the BTS load for detected BTS systems of a second wireless link protocol in the wireless neighborhood; and

preparing a radiofrequency band local QoS report for at least one detected BTS system of the first wireless link protocol and at least one detected BTS system of the second wireless link protocol in the shared communication frequency band of the wireless neighborhood for unlicensed broadcast to a user mobile information handling system,

wherein the RF band local QoS report includes a BTS identifier, an operation radio channel, and a BTS radiofrequency traffic load.

10. The method of claim 9 further comprising:

broadcasting the radiofrequency band local QoS report on an unlicensed general advertising services channel.

11. The method of claim 9 further comprising:

broadcasting the radiofrequency band local QoS report periodically at a period of less than every second.

12. The method of claim 9 further comprising:

broadcasting the radiofrequency band local QoS report including a list of optimal BTS systems in the wireless neighborhood on an unlicensed general advertising services channel,

wherein determining the plurality of optimal BTS systems includes selecting a plurality of wireless links on the detected BTS systems meeting a threshold link rating based in part based on a spatial-temporal radio frequency profile received for the wireless neighborhood location.

13. The method of claim 9 further comprising:

preparing the radiofrequency band local QoS report to include at least one detected BTS system of the second wireless link protocol on the channels in the shared communication frequency band within the wireless neighborhood for unlicensed broadcast to a user mobile information handling system.

14. The method of claim 9 , wherein the first wireless link protocol is a WLAN protocol and second wireless link protocols is an unlicensed small cell WWAN protocol.

15. The method of claim 9 further comprising:

receiving, at a processor, a spatial-temporal radio frequency profile indicating radio frequency quality of service for wireless links on the BTS systems in the wireless neighborhood location; and

determining, via an application processor executing code instructions of a radio resource management system, a plurality of optimal BTS systems on the first wireless link protocol and the second wireless link protocol, wherein the plurality of optimal BTS systems are determined based on the spatial-temporal radio frequency profile indicating signal quality for the plurality of available BTS wireless links and the radiofrequency band local QoS report for the wireless neighborhood.

16. An information handling system comprising:

a wireless interface for operating as a base transceiver station (BTS) via one or more wireless links under a first wireless link protocol at a location in a wireless neighborhood;

a radio scanning modem for scanning a plurality of radio channels in a shared communication frequency band for remote BTS systems operating the first wireless link protocol within communication range of the wireless interface;

an application processor detecting BTS load for each detected BTS system of the first wireless link protocol operating on the radio channels in the wireless neighborhood;

the application processor executing code instructions of a radio resource management system for determining a plurality of optimal BTS systems on the first wireless link protocol, wherein the plurality of optimal BTS systems are determined based on the spatial-temporal radio frequency profile indicating signal quality for the plurality of detected BTS wireless links in the wireless neighborhood; and

the application processor preparing a radiofrequency band local QoS report for at least one detected optimal BTS system in the shared communication frequency band within the wireless neighborhood for unlicensed broadcast to a user mobile information handling system,

wherein the RF band local QoS report includes a BTS identifier, an operation radio channel, and a BTS radiofrequency traffic load.

17. The system of claim 16 , wherein the first wireless link protocol is a LPWAN wireless link and the second wireless link protocol is a second LPWAN wireless link.

18. The system of claim 16 , wherein the wireless adapter broadcasts the radiofrequency band local QoS report on an unlicensed general advertising services channel periodically.

19. The system of claim 16 further comprising:

the application processor receiving data scanned for the BTS load for detected BTS systems of a second wireless link protocol in the wireless neighborhood; and

the application processor preparing a radiofrequency band local QoS report for at least one detected BTS system of the first wireless link protocol and at least one detected BTS system of the second wireless link protocol in the wireless neighborhood for unlicensed broadcast to a user mobile information handling system.

20. The system of claim 19 further comprising:

the application processor executing code instructions of a radio resource management system for determining a plurality of optimal BTS systems on the second wireless link protocol.

Assignments (10)
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST IN PATENTS PREVIOUSLY RECORDED AT REEL/FRAME (053546/0001) Recorded Jun 23, 2022
From: THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A., AS NOTES COLLATERAL AGENT
To: DELL MARKETING L.P. (ON BEHALF OF ITSELF AND AS SUCCESSOR-IN-INTEREST TO CREDANT TECHNOLOGIES, INC.); DELL INTERNATIONAL L.L.C.; DELL PRODUCTS L.P.; DELL USA L.P.; EMC CORPORATION; DELL MARKETING CORPORATION (SUCCESSOR-IN-INTEREST TO FORCE10 NETWORKS, INC. AND WYSE TECHNOLOGY L.L.C.); EMC IP HOLDING COMPANY LLC
Reel/Frame 071642/0001 →
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST IN PATENTS PREVIOUSLY RECORDED AT REEL/FRAME (041829/0873) Recorded Apr 26, 2022
From: THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A., AS NOTES COLLATERAL AGENT
To: DELL INTERNATIONAL L.L.C.; DELL PRODUCTS L.P.; EMC CORPORATION; EMC IP HOLDING COMPANY LLC (ON BEHALF OF ITSELF AND AS SUCCESSOR-IN-INTEREST TO MOZY, INC.); DELL MARKETING CORPORATION (SUCCESSOR-IN-INTEREST TO WYSE TECHNOLOGY L.L.C.)
Reel/Frame 059803/0724 →
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST AT REEL 041808 FRAME 0516 Recorded Nov 2, 2021
From: CREDIT SUISSE AG, CAYMAN ISLANDS BRANCH
To: DELL INTERNATIONAL, L.L.C.; DELL PRODUCTS L.P.; EMC CORPORATION; EMC IP HOLDING COMPANY LLC; MOZY, INC.; WYSE TECHNOLOGY L.L.C.
Reel/Frame 058297/0573 →
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST AT REEL 048825 FRAME 0489 Recorded Nov 2, 2021
From: CREDIT SUISSE AG, CAYMAN ISLANDS BRANCH
To: DELL PRODUCTS L.P.; EMC CORPORATION; EMC IP HOLDING COMPANY LLC
Reel/Frame 058000/0916 →
SECURITY AGREEMENT Recorded Apr 22, 2020
From: CREDANT TECHNOLOGIES INC.; DELL INTERNATIONAL L.L.C.; DELL MARKETING L.P.; DELL PRODUCTS L.P.; DELL USA L.P.; EMC CORPORATION; FORCE10 NETWORKS, INC.; WYSE TECHNOLOGY L.L.C.; EMC IP HOLDING COMPANY LLC
To: THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A.
Reel/Frame 053546/0001 →
SECURITY AGREEMENT Recorded Apr 8, 2019
From: DELL PRODUCTS L.P.; EMC CORPORATION; EMC IP HOLDING COMPANY LLC
To: CREDIT SUISSE AG, CAYMAN ISLANDS BRANCH
Reel/Frame 048825/0489 →
SECURITY AGREEMENT Recorded Mar 21, 2019
From: CREDANT TECHNOLOGIES, INC.; DELL INTERNATIONAL L.L.C.; DELL MARKETING L.P.; DELL PRODUCTS L.P.; DELL USA L.P.; EMC CORPORATION; FORCE10 NETWORKS, INC.; WYSE TECHNOLOGY L.L.C.; EMC IP HOLDING COMPANY LLC
To: THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A.
Reel/Frame 049452/0223 →
PATENT SECURITY INTEREST (NOTES) Recorded Feb 28, 2017
From: DELL INTERNATIONAL L.L.C.; DELL PRODUCTS L.P.; EMC CORPORATION; EMC IP HOLDING COMPANY LLC; MOZY, INC.; WYSE TECHNOLOGY L.L.C.
To: THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A., AS COLLATERAL AGENT
Reel/Frame 041829/0873 →
PATENT SECURITY INTEREST (CREDIT) Recorded Feb 24, 2017
From: DELL INTERNATIONAL, L.L.C.; DELL PRODUCTS L.P.; EMC CORPORATION; EMC IP HOLDING COMPANY LLC; MOZY, INC.; WYSE TECHNOLOGY L.L.C.
To: CREDIT SUISSE AG, CAYMAN ISLANDS BRANCH, AS COLLATERAL AGENT
Reel/Frame 041808/0516 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 15, 2016
From: EGNER, WILL A.; QUINN, LIAM B.
To: DELL PRODUCTS, LP
Reel/Frame 040738/0975 →
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20180167825A1 · Jun 14, 2018