Method and apparatus for internet service availability notification

    公开(公告)号:US10356746B2

    公开(公告)日:2019-07-16

    申请号:US15339707

    申请日:2016-10-31

    Applicant: Google Inc.

    Abstract: Internet Connectivity Services provided by mobile wireless stations deployed in drones, balloons, airplanes etc. may be intermittent and in some cases event-driven, such as in response to emergency and natural disasters. In such deployments, end users of wireless devices may not know that Internet connectivity has become available. Even when the wireless device, such as a smartphone, is able to autonomously attach to the network when Internet connectivity becomes available, end users may not realize that their devices have re-connected to the network. The proposed systems and methods relate to providing Internet service availability notification to end users. The proposed systems and methods collect data related to Internet service availability notifications for analytics.

    SMOOTH HANDOVER OF ACTIVE USER TRAFFIC IN MOBILE RADIO BASE STATIONS

    公开(公告)号:US20170303168A1

    公开(公告)日:2017-10-19

    申请号:US15099132

    申请日:2016-04-14

    Applicant: Google Inc.

    Abstract: This disclosure provides systems, methods, and apparatus for handover of communications between a plurality of radio user equipment and an egressing mobile base station to an ingressing mobile base station. The user equipment are terrestrially located within a geographical service zone (GSZ) having an ingress zone and an egress zone. When an egressing mobile base station enters an egress zone, it initiates a handover to a management node associated with the GSZ. The management node communicates with the ingressing mobile base station, which has entered the ingress zone, to accept the handover of the connections from the egressing base station. The handover is carried out without any disruption of user equipment communications. The management node can also communicate with a flight control node to control one or more flight parameters of the ingressing or egressing base station to facilitate smooth handover.

    SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SEAMLESS MOBILITY OF USER SESSIONS WITH MULTI-ACCESS CONNECTIVITY

    公开(公告)号:US20170223593A1

    公开(公告)日:2017-08-03

    申请号:US15388351

    申请日:2016-12-22

    Applicant: Google Inc.

    Abstract: Systems and methods for maintaining a user session during an access network handover are provided. The method can include establishing, between a user equipment and an access network, a first connection over a first access network, and a second connection over a second access network such that the first and second connections exist concurrently. The method can include setting the first connection as an active connection for conveying data packets for stateful user session, and setting the second connection as a standby connection. The method can include exchanging a series of handover messages between the user equipment and the access gateway. The method can include transitioning the active connection to the second connection, and setting the first connection to the standby connection. The method can include continuing, over the second connection, the stateful user session such that a state of the stateful user session is maintained through the transition.

    Mobility in a multi-network wireless system

    公开(公告)号:US10349328B2

    公开(公告)日:2019-07-09

    申请号:US15651501

    申请日:2017-07-17

    Applicant: Google Inc.

    Abstract: A method includes receiving one or more data packets from an external network when a user device connects to a first network. The user device is configured for dual connectivity with the first network and a second network. The method also includes transmitting a measurement configuration to a modem of the user device and receiving a measurement report from the modem. When it is feasible for the modem to perform a network change, the method includes transmitting a network change command to the modem. The network change command causes the modem to perform the network switch to connect the user device to the second network.

    Smooth handover of active user traffic in mobile radio base stations

    公开(公告)号:US09913173B2

    公开(公告)日:2018-03-06

    申请号:US15099132

    申请日:2016-04-14

    Applicant: Google Inc.

    Abstract: This disclosure provides systems, methods, and apparatus for handover of communications between a plurality of radio user equipment and an egressing mobile base station to an ingressing mobile base station. The user equipment are terrestrially located within a geographical service zone (GSZ) having an ingress zone and an egress zone. When an egressing mobile base station enters an egress zone, it initiates a handover to a management node associated with the GSZ. The management node communicates with the ingressing mobile base station, which has entered the ingress zone, to accept the handover of the connections from the egressing base station. The handover is carried out without any disruption of user equipment communications. The management node can also communicate with a flight control node to control one or more flight parameters of the ingressing or egressing base station to facilitate smooth handover.

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