IP Library Granted Patent US 11,304,113
Granted Patent B2
US 11,304,113 · App. 16/816,224 · Granted Apr 12, 2022

Systems and methods for communication network prioritization based on velocity of an information handling system

Inventors: Jace W. Files (Round Rock, TX); Liam B. Quinn (Austin, TX); Abu S. Sanaullah (Austin, TX)
Assignee: DELL PRODUCTS, LP
H04W36/32H04W4/027H04W36/00837
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Patent No.
US 11,304,113
App. No.
16/816,224
Granted
Apr 12, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

An information handling system may include a processor; a memory device; a wireless network interface device to communicatively couple the information handling system to a communication network; a wireless network connection module to determine whether the information handling system is communicatively coupled to one of a Wi-Fi communication network, a public long-term evolution (LTE) communication network, and a private LTE communication network; a velocity determination module to determine a velocity of the information handling system; and a network prioritization module to communicatively couple and consign the information handling system to a second communication network for data communication prioritization for efficient a hand-off process operation corresponding to, at least, the velocity of the information handling system.

Claims (43)

1. An information handling system, comprising:

a processor;

a memory device;

a wireless network interface device to communicatively couple the information handling system to a communication network;

a wireless network connection module to determine whether the information handling system is communicatively coupled to a first wireless protocol communication network that includes one of a Wi-Fi communication network, a public long-term evolution (LTE) communication network, and a private LTE communication network;

a velocity determination module to determine a velocity of the information handling system; and

a network prioritization module to communicatively couple and consign the information handling system to a second wireless protocol communication network that operates under a different wireless protocol standard than the first communication network for data communication prioritization for efficient hand-off process operation corresponding to, at least, the velocity of the information handling system reaching a threshold to enable a faster hand-off operation by coordinating the hand-off operation between the first wireless protocol communication network and the second wireless protocol communication network.

2. The information handling system of claim 1 , wherein the network prioritization module to communicatively couple and consign the information handling system to the second wireless protocol communication network for data communication prioritization for efficient hand-off process operation corresponding to, at least, the velocity of the information handling system falling below a second threshold such that a slower hand-off operation is to a sufficient Wi-Fi wireless protocol communication network.

3. The information handling system of claim 1 further comprising:

a global positioning system (GPS) to measure the velocity of the information handling system.

4. The information handling system of claim 1 further comprising:

a triangulation module to iteratively triangulate the position of the information handling system and the velocity determination module to provide velocity data descriptive of the velocity of the information handling system relative to the position.

5. The information handling system of claim 1 , wherein the network prioritization module communicatively couples and consigns the information handling system to the second wireless protocol communication network based on the velocity of the information handling system exceeding a threshold percentage of access point signal radius.

6. The information handling system of claim 1 , wherein the network prioritization module communicatively couples and consigns the information handling system to the second wireless protocol communication network based on exceeding a threshold number of access point hand-offs per a given interval of time.

7. The information handling system of claim 6 , wherein the interval of time is one hour.

8. The information handling system of claim 1 , wherein, when the network prioritization module determines that the information handling system is communicatively coupled to a Wi-Fi communication network as the first wireless protocol communication network, and the network prioritization module determines that the velocity of the information handling system is greater than a percentage of a Wi-Fi access point signal radius or that a threshold number of Wi-Fi access point hand-offs per a given interval of time has been reached, the network prioritization module consigns the wireless network interface device to communicatively couple the information handling system to a private LTE communication network or a public LTE communication network as the second wireless protocol communication network.

9. The information handling system of claim 8 , wherein when it is determined that a weighted velocity of the information handling system is less than a percentage of a Wi-Fi access point signal radius or that a threshold number of Wi-Fi access point hand-offs per a given interval of time has been reached, the prioritization module then determines whether a private LTE communication network is available.

10. A method of prioritizing communication networks for an information handling system, comprising:

with the execution of a wireless network connection module by a processor, determine a whether the information handling system is communicatively coupled to a first wireless protocol communication network that includes one of a Wi-Fi communication network, a public long-term evolution (LTE) communication network, and a private LTE communication network;

with the execution of a velocity determination module by the processor, determine a velocity of the information handling system, wherein velocity includes a percentage of distance moved in an access point signal radius or a number of hand-offs during an interval of time; and

with the execution of a network prioritization module by the processor, communicatively coupling and consigning the information handling system to a second wireless protocol communication network operating under a different wireless protocol than the first wireless protocol communication network for data communication prioritization for efficient hand-off process operation corresponding to, at least, the velocity of the information handling system by coordinating the hand-off operation between the first wireless protocol communication network and the second wireless protocol communication network.

11. The method of claim 10 , further comprising:

with the execution of a network prioritization module by the processor, communicatively coupling and consigning the information handling system to the second wireless protocol communication network for data communication prioritization for efficient hand-off process operation when the velocity of the information handling system exceeds a threshold velocity level.

12. The method of claim 10 , further comprising with the execution of a triangulation module by the processor, iteratively triangulating the position of the information handling system and the velocity determination module providing velocity data descriptive of the velocity of the information handling system relative to the position.

13. The method of claim 10 , further comprising, with the network prioritization module executed by the processor, communicatively coupling and consigning the information handling system to the second wireless protocol communication network based on the velocity of the information handling system exceeding a threshold percentage of access point signal radius.

14. The method of claim 10 , further comprising, with the network prioritization module executed by the processor, communicatively coupling and consigning the information handling system to the second wireless protocol communication network based on the velocity of the information handling system exceeding a threshold number of hand-offs during the interval of time.

15. The method of claim 14 , further comprising:

determining whether a Wi-Fi communication network as the second wireless protocol communication network is available when it is determined that the velocity of the information handling system is less than a second threshold percentage of the access point signal radius and consigning the information handling system to the Wi-Fi communication network.

16. An information handling system to be selectively coupled to a communication network, comprising:

a processor;

a memory device;

a wireless network interface device to communicatively couple the information handling system to a communication network;

a wireless network connection module to determine whether the information handling system is communicatively coupled to a first wireless protocol communication network that includes one of a Wi-Fi communication network, a public long-term evolution (LTE) communication network, and a private LTE communication network;

a velocity determination module to determine a velocity of the information handling system, wherein velocity includes a percentage of distance moved in an access point signal radius or a number of hand-offs during an interval of time; and

a network prioritization module to:

communicatively couple and consign the information handling system to a second wireless protocol communication network operating under a different wireless protocol than the first wireless protocol communication network for data communication prioritization for efficient hand-off process operation corresponding to, at least, the velocity of the information handling system; and

when the network prioritization module has determined that the information handling system is not communicatively coupled to a Wi-Fi communication network and has determined that the information handling system is communicatively coupled to a private LTE communication network or a public LTE communication network, the prioritization module determines whether the velocity of the information handling system is less than a percentage of the access point signal radius or whether the number of access point hand-offs per a given interval of time is below a threshold number; and

consign the wireless network interface device to communicatively couple the information handling system to the Wi-Fi communication network as the second wireless protocol communication network and coordinate the hand-off operation between the first wireless protocol communication network and the second wireless protocol communication network.

17. The information handling system of claim 16 , further comprising:

a triangulation module to iteratively triangulate the position of the information handling system and the velocity detection module to provide velocity data descriptive of the velocity of the information handling system.

18. The information handling system of claim 16 , wherein the network prioritization module communicatively couples and consigns the information handling system to a third wireless protocol communication network operating under a different wireless protocol than the second wireless protocol communication network based on the velocity of the information handling system exceeding a second threshold percentage of access point signal radius.

19. The information handling system of claim 16 , wherein the network prioritization module communicatively couples and consigns the information handling system to a third wireless protocol communication network operating under a different wireless protocol than the second wireless protocol communication network based on the number of access point hand-offs per a given interval of time exceeding a second threshold.

20. The information handling system of claim 16 , wherein when it is determined that a weighted velocity of the information handling system is less than the percentage of the access point signal radius or that the threshold number of Wi-Fi access point hand-offs per a given interval of time has been reached where the weighted velocity is weighted based on the type of data to be wirelessly communicated, the prioritization module then determines whether a Wi-Fi communication network is available.

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