Determining Suitability of an Access Network
    1.
    发明申请
    Determining Suitability of an Access Network 审中-公开
    确定接入网络的适用性

    公开(公告)号:US20160353369A1

    公开(公告)日:2016-12-01

    申请号:US15234267

    申请日:2016-08-11

    IPC分类号: H04W48/18 H04W4/02

    摘要: A mobile terminal for use in a communication system comprising a first, packet-based network and a plurality of wireless access networks providing access to the first network. The mobile terminal comprises: one or more transceivers for connecting to the wireless access networks; and processing apparatus coupled to the one or more transceivers, operable to communicate with the first network by forming connections with the access networks using the one or more transceivers. The processing apparatus is configured to access a database recording motion information relating to motion of connection points of the wireless access networks; and the processing apparatus is further configured to determine one of the wireless access networks for use in accessing the first network, in dependence on the motion information accessed from the database relating to one or more of the wireless access networks.

    摘要翻译: 一种用于通信系统的移动终端,包括第一基于分组的网络和提供对第一网络的接入的多个无线接入网络。 移动终端包括:用于连接到无线接入网络的一个或多个收发器; 以及耦合到所述一个或多个收发器的处理设备,其可操作以通过使用所述一个或多个收发器与所述接入网络形成连接来与所述第一网络通信。 处理装置被配置为访问与无线接入网络的连接点的运动有关的动态信息的数据库; 并且所述处理装置还被配置为根据从与所述无线接入网络中的一个或多个无线接入网络相关的数据库访问的运动信息来确定用于访问所述第一网络的无线接入网络之一。

    Estimating Bandwidth in a Network
    2.
    发明申请
    Estimating Bandwidth in a Network 审中-公开
    估计网络中的带宽

    公开(公告)号:US20160352606A1

    公开(公告)日:2016-12-01

    申请号:US15235862

    申请日:2016-08-12

    摘要: A method comprising: collecting respective observations of end-end bandwidth experienced on different occasions by multiple past communications occurring over different respective observed paths over a network, each path comprising a respective plurality of network components; modelling each of the respective network components with a bandwidth probability function characterized by one or more parameters; and estimating a component bandwidth or component bandwidth probability density for each of the network components based on the modelling, by determining respective values for said parameters such that a combination of the component bandwidths or bandwidth probability densities for the network components in the observed paths approximately matches, according to an optimization process, the observations of the end-to-end bandwidth experienced by the past communications over the observed paths.

    摘要翻译: 一种方法,包括:收集在不同场合所经受的多个通过网络上的不同相应观察路径发生的多个过去通信的端端带宽的各观测值,每个路径包括相应的多个网络组件; 以具有一个或多个参数为特征的带宽概率函数对各个网络组件中的每一个进行建模; 以及基于所述建模来估计每个所述网络组件的组件带宽或组件带宽概率密度,通过确定所述参数的相应值,使得所述观测路径中的网络组件的组件带宽或带宽概率密度的组合近似匹配 根据优化过程,对观察到的路径上的过去通信所经历的端到端带宽的观察。

    Observation assisted bandwidth management

    公开(公告)号:US10342058B2

    公开(公告)日:2019-07-02

    申请号:US16100592

    申请日:2018-08-10

    IPC分类号: H04W76/14 H04W28/20

    摘要: Observation assisted bandwidth management techniques are described. In one or more implementations, a request is received at a terminal to initiate a call with another terminal. Responsive to the request, a communication is formed to be communicated to a service provider for bandwidth parameters, the request including network parameters associated with the terminal. The bandwidth parameters, received form the service provider, are used as part of a model to estimate an amount of bandwidth that is available for the call. The call with the other terminal is initiated, the call configured to at least initially consume the estimated amount of bandwidth.

    Observation assisted bandwidth management

    公开(公告)号:US10314091B2

    公开(公告)日:2019-06-04

    申请号:US13828721

    申请日:2013-03-14

    IPC分类号: H04W76/14 H04W28/20

    摘要: Observation assisted bandwidth management techniques are described. In one or more implementations, a request is received at a terminal to initiate a call with another terminal. Responsive to the request, a communication is formed to be communicated to a service provider for bandwidth parameters, the request including network parameters associated with the terminal. The bandwidth parameters, received form the service provider, are used as part of a model to estimate an amount of bandwidth that is available for the call. The call with the other terminal is initiated, the call configured to at least initially consume the estimated amount of bandwidth.

    DETERMINING SUITABILITY OF AN ACCESS NETWORK

    公开(公告)号:US20190090182A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-03-21

    申请号:US16196774

    申请日:2018-11-20

    摘要: Methods and systems for selecting access networks are disclosed. In one aspects, a mobile terminal includes one or more transceivers configured to selectively connect to the plurality of wireless access networks, and hardware processing circuitry configured to perform operations including obtaining, via one of the plurality of wireless access networks, motion information for one or more other access networks of the plurality of access networks, the motion information indicating motion of one or more connection points; and controlling activation of the one or more transceivers to scan for availability of one or more of the other access networks in dependence on the motion information of the other access networks, wherein the scanning for availability comprises powering up at least one of the one or more transceivers to determine which access networks are present within a proximity of the mobile terminal.

    Determining suitability of an access network

    公开(公告)号:US10154452B2

    公开(公告)日:2018-12-11

    申请号:US15234267

    申请日:2016-08-11

    摘要: A mobile terminal for use in a communication system comprising a first, packet-based network and a plurality of wireless access networks providing access to the first network. The mobile terminal comprises: one or more transceivers for connecting to the wireless access networks; and processing apparatus coupled to the one or more transceivers, operable to communicate with the first network by forming connections with the access networks using the one or more transceivers. The processing apparatus is configured to access a database recording motion information relating to motion of connection points of the wireless access networks; and the processing apparatus is further configured to determine one of the wireless access networks for use in accessing the first network, in dependence on the motion information accessed from the database relating to one or more of the wireless access networks.

    Adapting encoded bandwidth
    7.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US10116715B2

    公开(公告)日:2018-10-30

    申请号:US14701406

    申请日:2015-04-30

    IPC分类号: G06F15/16 H04L29/06

    摘要: A method comprising: conducting a communication session between a first terminal and a second terminal, the session comprising transmitting an encoded bitstream from an encoder of the first terminal over a channel to the second terminal; measuring a bandwidth capacity experienced over the channel at multiple different times, thereby collecting a history of bandwidth measurements for the channel; based on the history of bandwidth measurements, obtaining at least a selected upper bandwidth constraint for the encoded bitstream; and during the session, dynamically adapting an encoded bandwidth with which to encode the bitstream, by dynamically selecting the encoded bandwidth based on one or more current conditions of the channel, but constrained by at least said upper bandwidth constraint.

    Mobile device information sharing

    公开(公告)号:US10750439B2

    公开(公告)日:2020-08-18

    申请号:US16215306

    申请日:2018-12-10

    摘要: Methods and systems for selective scanning of connection points are disclosed. In one aspect, a non-transitory computer readable storage medium comprises instructions that configure hardware processing circuitry to perform operations. The operations include determining a location of a mobile terminal, storing network capability information associated with one or more connection points within a defined proximity of the location of the mobile terminal, comparing network capabilities of an existing network connection of the mobile terminal to the stored network capabilities associated with the one or more connection points, selectively scanning for the one or more connection points based on the comparison to determine whether the one or more connection points are available; and switching from the existing network connection to one of the one or more connection points based on the availability of the one or more connection points.

    OBSERVATION ASSISTED BANDWIDTH MANAGEMENT
    10.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20180352598A1

    公开(公告)日:2018-12-06

    申请号:US16100592

    申请日:2018-08-10

    IPC分类号: H04W76/14

    CPC分类号: H04W76/14 H04W28/20

    摘要: Observation assisted bandwidth management techniques are described. In one or more implementations, a request is received at a terminal to initiate a call with another terminal. Responsive to the request, a communication is formed to be communicated to a service provider for bandwidth parameters, the request including network parameters associated with the terminal. The bandwidth parameters, received form the service provider, are used as part of a model to estimate an amount of bandwidth that is available for the call. The call with the other terminal is initiated, the call configured to at least initially consume the estimated amount of bandwidth.