Selecting wireless access resources based on past wireless activity
View Patent ↗What is disclosed is a method of operating a wireless communication system, where a wireless access system provides wireless access to communication services for wireless communication devices. The method includes receiving a request to initiate a first communication session for a first wireless communication device, processing past dropped communication session information for the first wireless communication device to select a radio configuration type of wireless access resources for the first communication session, and providing the wireless access resources for the first communication session to the first wireless communication device using the selected radio configuration type.
1. A method of operating a wireless communication system, wherein a wireless access system provides wireless access to communication services for wireless communication devices, the method comprising:
receiving a request to initiate a first communication session for a first wireless communication device;
processing past dropped communication session information for the first wireless communication device to select a radio configuration type of wireless access resources for the first communication session; and
providing the wireless access resources for the first communication session to the first wireless communication device using the selected radio configuration type.
2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
receiving the past dropped communication session information for the first wireless communication device from the first wireless communication device.
3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the radio configuration type comprises a spreading code assignment for the first communication session provided to the first communication device.
4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the radio configuration type comprises a coding rate, modulation type, and spreading rate combination for the first communication session provided to the first communication device.
5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the past dropped communication session information comprises information correlating radio configuration types in use during past dropped communication sessions between the first wireless communication device and the wireless access system.
6. The method of claim 1 , wherein processing the past dropped communication session information for the first wireless communication device to select the radio configuration type of the wireless access resources for the first communication session comprises selecting between the wireless access resources of a first radio configuration type and of a second radio configuration type, and further comprising:
if the past dropped communication session information indicates a past dropped communication session amount is above a past dropped communication session threshold for the first radio configuration type, then selecting the second radio configuration type as the selected radio configuration type; and
if the past dropped communication session information indicates the past dropped communication session amount is below the past dropped communication session threshold for the first radio configuration type, then selecting the first radio configuration type as the selected radio configuration type.
7. The method of claim 6 , wherein the first radio configuration type comprises a Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) Radio Configuration type 3 (RC3) radio configuration type, and the second radio configuration type comprises a CDMA Radio Configuration type 4 (RC4) radio configuration type.
8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the wireless access system comprises a plurality of base stations which provide the wireless access over individually associated wireless coverage areas, wherein the request to initiate the first communication session is received in a first of the plurality of base stations, and further comprising:
processing the selected radio configuration type for the first communication session and a neighbor list of the first base station to select another radio configuration type for the first communication session and providing the wireless access resources for the first communication session to the first wireless communication device using the other radio configuration type.
9. The method of claim 8 , wherein processing the selected radio configuration type for the first communication session and the neighbor list of the first base station to select the other radio configuration type comprises selecting the other radio configuration type based upon utilization of the radio configuration type for wireless access resources of neighbor base stations in the neighbor list.
10. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
reserving wireless access resources for a first radio configuration type before receiving the request to initiate the first communication session for the first wireless communication device.
11. A wireless communication system, wherein a wireless access system provides wireless access to communication services for wireless communication devices, comprising:
the wireless access system configured to receive a request to initiate a first communication session for a first wireless communication device;
the wireless access system configured to process past dropped communication session information for the first wireless communication device to select a radio configuration type of wireless access resources for the first communication session; and
the wireless access system configured to provide the wireless access resources for the first communication session to the first wireless communication device using the selected radio configuration type.
12. The wireless communication system of claim 11 , wherein the radio configuration type comprises a spreading code assignment for the first communication session provided to the first communication device.
13. The wireless communication system of claim 11 , wherein the past dropped communication session information comprises information correlating radio configuration types in use during past dropped communication sessions between the first wireless communication device and the wireless access system.
14. The wireless communication system of claim 11 , wherein the wireless access system is configured to select between the wireless access resources of a first radio configuration type and of a second radio configuration type to select the radio configuration type of the wireless access resources for the first communication session;
wherein if the past dropped communication session information indicates a past dropped communication session amount is above a past dropped communication session threshold for the first radio configuration type, then the wireless access system is configured to select the second radio configuration type as the selected radio configuration type; and
wherein if the past dropped communication session information indicates the past dropped communication session amount is below the past dropped communication session threshold for the first radio configuration type, then the wireless access system is configured to select the first radio configuration type as the selected radio configuration type.
15. The wireless communication system of claim 14 , wherein the first radio configuration type comprises a Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) Radio Configuration type 3 (RC3) radio configuration type, and the second radio configuration type comprises a CDMA Radio Configuration type 4 (RC4) radio configuration type.
16. The wireless communication system of claim 11 , wherein the wireless access system comprises a plurality of base stations which provide the wireless access over individually associated wireless coverage areas, wherein the request to initiate the first communication session is received in a first of the plurality of base stations, and comprising:
the wireless access system configured to process the selected radio configuration type for the first communication session and a neighbor list of the first base station to select another radio configuration type for the first communication session and provide the wireless access resources for the first communication session to the first wireless communication device using the other radio configuration type.
17. The wireless communication system of claim 16 , wherein the wireless access system is configured to select the other radio configuration type based upon utilization of the radio configuration type for wireless access resources of neighbor base stations in the neighbor list to select the other radio configuration type.
18. A method of operating a wireless communication system, wherein a wireless access system provides wireless access to communication services for wireless communication devices, the method comprising:
receiving a request to initiate a first communication session for a first wireless communication device;
processing past dropped communication session information for the first wireless communication device to select a radio configuration type of wireless access resources for the first communication session, wherein the past dropped communication session information comprises information correlating radio configuration types in use during past dropped communication sessions between the first wireless communication device and the wireless access system, and wherein the radio configuration type comprises a spreading code assignment for the first communication session provided to the first communication device;
notifying the first wireless communication device of the selected radio configuration type for the first communication session; and
providing the wireless access resources for the first communication session to the first wireless communication device using the selected radio configuration type.
19. The method of claim 18 , wherein processing the past dropped communication session information for the first wireless communication device to select the radio configuration type of the wireless access resources for the first communication session comprises selecting between the wireless access resources of a first radio configuration type and of a second radio configuration type, and further comprising:
if the past dropped communication session information indicates a past dropped communication session amount is above a past dropped communication session threshold for the first radio configuration type, then selecting the second radio configuration type as the selected radio configuration type; and
if the past dropped communication session information indicates the past dropped communication session amount is below the past dropped communication session threshold for the first radio configuration type, then selecting the first radio configuration type as the selected radio configuration type.
20. The method of claim 19 , wherein the first radio configuration type comprises a Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) Radio Configuration type 3 (RC3) radio configuration type, and the second radio configuration type comprises a CDMA Radio Configuration type 4 (RC4) radio configuration type.