Patent application number | Description | Published |
20110239273 | NETWORK UTILIZATION AND RESOURCE CONTROL BASED ON TRAFFIC PATTERNS - A device receives, from a user device, a request to access a network, determines whether to accept or deny the request to access the network, and monitors traffic provided to or from the user device via the network. The device also determines a traffic pattern for the user device based on the traffic, classifies the traffic as one of high throughput traffic, low packet data size traffic, or high frequency packet interval traffic, and applies different network resource control mechanisms to different classifications of the traffic. | 09-29-2011 |
20110307935 | VIDEO CONTENT DELIVERY OPTIMIZATION OVER MOBILE WIRELESS NETWORKS - A device receives, from a fixed user device connected to a wireless network, a request for video content in a particular format, and requests, from a content provider, the requested video content in multiple formats. The device also receives, from the content provider, the video content in multiple formats, and stores the video content in the multiple formats, where the video content in the multiple formats is provided locally to the wireless network. | 12-15-2011 |
20120040664 | QUALIFYING LOCATIONS FOR FIXED WIRELESS SERVICES - A device receives an address from a computer terminal; determines a location associated with the address; and determines a current signal quality at the location by referencing a file that represents an area that includes the location. The device further determines whether the location qualifies for a fixed wireless service based on the current signal quality. The device also transmits information to the computer terminal. The information indicates whether the location qualifies for the fixed wireless service. | 02-16-2012 |
20120057462 | TRANSMISSION CONTROL PROTOCOL (TCP) THROUGHPUT OPTIMIZATION IN POINT-TO-MULTIPOINT AND HETEROGENEOUS WIRELESS ACCESS NETWORKS - A device receives a packet provided in a wireless access network, and determines whether the packet is a payload packet or an acknowledgment (Ack) packet. The device also allocates, when the packet is an acknowledgement packet, the acknowledgment packet to an expedited priority queue, and allocates, when the packet is a payload packet, the payload packet to a regular priority queue. The device further delivers one or more acknowledgment packets provided in the expedited priority queue prior to delivering one or more payload packets provided in the regular priority queue. | 03-08-2012 |
20120099428 | QUALITY OF SERVICE MANAGEMENT IN A FIXED WIRELESS CUSTOMER PREMISES NETWORK - A method, performed by a fixed wireless router device, may include receiving a packet from a Long Term Evolution network, where the packet is associated with a particular Long Term Evolution Quality of Service class and mapping the particular Long Term Evolution Quality of Service class to a particular Differentiated Services Core Point Quality of Service class. The method may further include assigning a Differentiated Services Core Point Quality of Service class to the packet based on the particular Differentiated Services Core Point Quality of Service class and forwarding the packet to particular device associated with a customer premises network serviced by the fixed wireless router device, based on a priority associated with the assigned Differentiated Services Core Point Quality of Service class. | 04-26-2012 |
20120106346 | LOAD BALANCING TO PROVIDE A TARGET GRADE OF SERVICE (GOS) - A method includes receiving metrics associated with traffic that complies with a grade of service (GOS) associated with a customer premises equipment (CPE) device, where the metrics identify a group of cells via which the traffic is received by the CPE device. The method also includes retrieving information associated with traffic conditions within a group of base stations; initiating a load balancing operation when traffic conditions within a base station indicate that a particular cell, associated with the base station, is congested; and sending, to a set of base stations that send traffic to the CPE device, a notification, where the notification causes traffic, not destined for the CPE device, to be rerouted to another base station, which enables the base station to send traffic, that complies with the GOS, to the CPE device, or causes the CPE device to receive traffic, that complies with the GOS, from a further based station. | 05-03-2012 |
20120129509 | OPTIMIZING LONG TERM EVOLUTION (LTE) CAPACITY USING AN ADAPTIVE DORMANCY TIMER - A device classifies access or control channel signals into a first class or a second class, initializes a dormancy timer associated with the device, and sets the dormancy timer to a default value. The device also sets a signal target utilization threshold, receives actual signals via the access or control channel, and identifies, when a number of the actual signals exceeds the signal target utilization threshold, a particular signal, from the actual signals, as belonging to the first class or the second class. The device further increases the default value of the dormancy timer when the particular signal belongs to the first class, and decreases the default value of the dormancy timer when the particular signal belongs to the second class. | 05-24-2012 |
20120163265 | AUTONOMOUS NETWORK ACCESS CONGESTION AND COLLISION CONTROL - A mobile terminal receives a class identifier and receives a broadcast message with a backoff period definition for multiple classes of mobile terminals. The mobile terminal applies the class identifier to the backoff period definition to determine a backoff interval for the mobile terminal. The mobile terminal sends, to a base station, a radio resource control (RRC) connection request using the calculated backoff interval. Different backoff intervals are assigned to different classes of mobile terminals to control network access congestion at the base station. | 06-28-2012 |
20120163369 | LOW LATENCY CALL TRANSFER - A system is configured to receive, from a user device, voice traffic to be sent to another user device; determine whether the voice traffic is local traffic based on whether an eNodeB, associated with the user device, and another eNodeB, associated with the other user device, are served by a particular network device; forward the voice traffic, as non-local traffic, to another network device, associated with a packet data network, for processing when the eNodeB or the other eNodeB are not served by the particular network device; process the voice traffic as local traffic when the eNodeB and the other eNodeB are served by the particular network device; and forward, to the other user device via the other eNodeB, the voice traffic, as local traffic, where the forwarding is performed in a manner that does not include routing the voice traffic via the other network device. | 06-28-2012 |
20120166622 | AUTOMATED SERVICE PROVIDER NETWORK SELECTION USING A WIRELESS AIR-TIME AUCTION - A system is configured to store user preferences relating to selection of a network, from a group of networks, via which to establish a connection, where the user preferences includes information for selecting the network based on rates and information for selecting the network based on signal strength or quality levels; receive, from a server device that communicates with the group of networks, a set of rates associated with use of the group of networks; detect signals transmitted by the group of networks; determine, for the group of networks, signal strength or quality levels associated with the signals transmitted by the group of networks; select a particular network, of the group of networks, based on the user preferences, the set of rates, and the signal strength or quality levels; and establish a connection via the particular network. | 06-28-2012 |
20120213072 | DATA RATE AWARE SCHEDULING IN ADVANCED WIRELESS NETWORKS - A base station for an Internet protocol (IP) wireless access network receives an initial attach request from a user device. Based on the initial attach request, a policy and charging rules function (PCRF) device provides to the base station, a subscriber bearer policy that includes a particular quality-of-service control indicator (QCI) value, an uplink data rate limit, and a downlink data rate limit. The base station calculates an uplink bandwidth allocation, based on the QCI value and the uplink data rate limit, that is proportionate to the total maximum data rate of all uplink traffic with the same QCI value. The base station also calculates a downlink bandwidth allocation, based on the QCI value and the downlink data rate limit, that is proportionate to the total maximum data rate of all downlink traffic with the same QCI value. | 08-23-2012 |
20120218892 | SUBSCRIBER/SERVICE DIFFERENTIATION IN ADVANCED WIRELESS NETWORKS - A base station for an Internet protocol (IP) wireless access network receives a policy for subscriber traffic over a particular bearer, where the policy includes a particular quality-of-service control indicator (QCI) value, and an average bit rate (ABR) value, a maximum bit rate (MBR) value, and a weight factor value associated with the QCI value. The base station detects network congestion associated with the IP wireless access network and applies, to the subscriber traffic over a particular bearer, the weight factor, the ABR value, and/or the MBR value to manage the network congestion. | 08-30-2012 |
20120236713 | ADAPTIVE QUALITY OF SERVICE (QoS) BASED ON APPLICATION LATENCY REQUIREMENTS - A device is configured to receive packet timing data, from multiple network devices, for subscriber application traffic over an Internet Protocol (IP) wireless access network and to calculate, based on the packet timing data, timing latencies for a particular subscriber flow. The device is configured to retrieve Quality of Service (QoS) timing specifications for the particular subscriber flow and to determine when the calculated timing latencies for the particular subscriber flow fail to meet the QoS timing specifications for the particular subscriber flow. The device is configured to identify one or more of the network devices that are causing the particular subscriber flow to fail to meet the QoS timing specifications and to instruct the one or more of the network devices to modify QoS parameters for the particular subscriber flow to improve timing latency for the particular subscriber flow. | 09-20-2012 |
20120242495 | LINK QUALITY INDICATOR FOR A FIXED INSTALLATION RADIO FREQUENCY TERRESTRIAL NETWORK - A visual indicator, such as a light emitting diode (LED), may display the quality of the radio frequency (RF) link. In one implementation, a device may include, a RF antenna; a control module to connect to a Long-Term Evolution (LTE) network through the RF antenna; and a LED, disposed on an outer surface of the device, to emit light of a number of different colors, where the color to emit is selected based on a quality of the connection to the LTE network. The device may include an outdoor broadband unit connected to an external portion of a customer premise. | 09-27-2012 |
20120243463 | COAXIAL CABLE INTERFACE TO OUTDOOR BROADBAND UNIT - An outdoor broadband unit implements full IP-based routing between a wide area network (WAN)-side interface (such as a Long-Term Evolution (LTE) air interface) and a local area network (LAN)-side interface (such as a home network using MoCA protocol). The outdoor broadband unit maintains a routing table for all connections through an internal routing system based on matching between WAN-side Internet Protocol (IP) addresses and/or ports and LAN-side IP addresses and/or ports. The outdoor broadband unit may support both connection-oriented transport layer routing (such as Transmission Control Protocol (TCP)) and connectionless transport layer routing (such as User Datagram Protocol (UDP)). | 09-27-2012 |
20120243464 | MECHANICAL MOUNTING FOR FIXED WIRELESS CUSTOMER PREMISES EQUIPMENT - A combined gateway, for a fixed wireless network, includes a structure mounted to a customer premises, and a satellite antenna mechanically coupled to the structure. The combined gateway also includes an outdoor broadband unit mechanically coupled to the structure via an adjustable extension arm. The outdoor broadband unit connects to the satellite antenna via a first communication link, and connects to customer premises equipment via a second communication link. Adjustment of the extension arm permits movement of the outdoor broadband unit relative to a position of the satellite antenna. | 09-27-2012 |
20120243517 | WIDE AREA NETWORK (WAN) AND LOCAL AREA NETWORK (LAN) COMMUNICATIONS FOR A FIXED WIRELESS CPE - An outdoor broadband unit includes a wide area network (WAN) side device, and a local area network (LAN) side device. The LAN side device provides a first stay alive communication to the WAN side device, and the WAN side device performs a soft reset based on the stay alive communication. The LAN side device also receives, based on the stay alive communication, a soft reset result from the WAN side device, and determines, based on the soft reset result, whether the soft reset of the WAN side device is successful or unsuccessful. The LAN side device further provides a second stay alive communication to the WAN side device when the soft reset of the WAN side device is successful. | 09-27-2012 |
20120260299 | VIDEO ON DEMAND DELIVERY OPTIMIZATION OVER COMBINED SATELLITE AND WIRELESS BROADBAND NETWORKS - Video content may be delivered in a wireless network based on network load information relating to radio interfaces for the wireless network. A method may include receiving a request, from a set-top box, for video content from the set-top box to the wireless network and determining, based on the load information, whether a portion of the wireless network corresponding to the set-top box is in a first state or a second state. The network may further include transmitting the video content when the portion of the network corresponding to the set-top box is in the first state and delaying transmission of the video content when the portion of the network corresponding to the set-top box is in the second state, until the portion of the network corresponding to the set-top box enters the first state. | 10-11-2012 |
20120264367 | COMMAND INTERFACE FOR OUTDOOR BROADBAND UNIT - An outdoor broadband unit implements a library of commands to communicate between a wide area network (WAN)-side Long-Term Evolution (LTE) module and a local area network (LAN)-side broadband home router within the outdoor broadband unit. The commands are used for control plane operations to facilitate LTE network sessions for individual devices within a customer premises LAN. In some cases, the commands are also used for communicating with a remote device manager. | 10-18-2012 |
20120281685 | HANDLING MULTIPLE VOICE OVER INTERNET PROTOCOL (VOIP) CALLS VIA A SINGLE BEARER - A device receives a first request to establish a bearer with a first UE associated with a LTE device, where the first request includes first parameters associated with the first UE. The device also determines that the LTE device does not have the bearer established, and provides a new bearer request, with the first parameters, to a wireless network in order to establish the bearer with the LTE device at a first data rate. The device further receives a second request to establish another bearer with a second UE associated with the LTE device, where the second request includes second parameters associated with the second UE. The device determines that the LTE device has the bearer established, and provides a modify bearer request, with the second parameters, to the wireless network in order to modify the bearer with the LTE device to a second data rate. | 11-08-2012 |
20120284756 | VIDEO ON DEMAND ARCHITECTURE - A video on demand (VoD) network architecture implements a gateway that provides both satellite-based communications and radio frequency-based communications. The gateway may receive a content request from a video client and determine whether the content request corresponds to a content delivery network (CDN). When the content request corresponds to the CDN, the gateway may install a VoD access point name (APN) route designated for VoD traffic between the video client and the CDN, and communicate the content request to the CDN via the VoD APN route. The VoD APN route may include a VoD APN of a wireless wide area network (WWAN) connected to the gateway via an air interface. When the content request does not correspond to the CDN, the gateway may communicate the content request via an Internet APN route. | 11-08-2012 |
20120309443 | PROVISIONING ANTENNA BEAM AND SERVING CELL SELECTION PARAMETERS TO FIXED WIRELESS CUSTOMER PREMISES EQUIPMENT - An outdoor broadband unit receives a current time and maintenance mode parameters from a network device. The outdoor broadband unit also determines a mode associated with selection of an antenna beam, provided on an antenna of the outdoor broadband unit, based on at least one of the current time and the maintenance mode parameters. The outdoor broadband unit further selects an antenna beam or a serving cell to use based on the determined mode. | 12-06-2012 |
20120311643 | SCANNING AND SELECTING AN ANTENNA BEAM PROVIDED IN FIXED WIRELESS CUSTOMER PREMISES EQUIPMENT - An outdoor broadband unit receives a current time, a short term maintenance mode time period, and a long term maintenance mode time period from a remote network device. The outdoor broadband unit determines a mode associated with selection of an antenna beam, provided on an antenna of the outdoor broadband unit, based on at least one of the current time, the short term maintenance mode time period, and the long term maintenance mode time period. The outdoor broadband unit selects an antenna beam to use based on the determined mode. | 12-06-2012 |
20120314568 | INTEROPERABLE QUALITY OF SERVICE PRE-NEGOTIATION - A system configured to receive a request to identify a quality of service (QoS) policy to be used to process traffic that is received from a user device associated with another network; obtain an interoperable QoS policy, where the interoperable QoS policy identifies a first QoS level, associated with the other network, that corresponds to a type of traffic received from the user device; obtain, from the interoperable QoS policy, a second QoS level that corresponds to the first QoS level; and send, to a device, an instruction to process the traffic based on the second QoS level. | 12-13-2012 |
20120314585 | MANAGEMENT OF FIXED WIRELESS DEVICES THROUGH AN IP NETWORK - A device may manage fixed wireless installations. The device may receive data relating to the fixed wireless installations, where the data is received from a number of sources, including the fixed wireless installations and network devices used to implement a long term evolution (LTE) cellular network to which the fixed wireless installations connect. The device may analyze the data to determine optimizations to improve the operation of one or more of the fixed wireless installations or the LTE cellular network. The device may change, in response to the analysis, a configuration of at least one of the fixed wireless installations and at least one of the network devices. | 12-13-2012 |
20120314641 | MULTICAST-UNICAST HANDOFF SERVICES - A system may receive, from a user device, a request to receive content via a first base station, where the content was previously being received, as multicast content, via a second base station; determine, in response to the request, whether the first base station can process multicast content; transmit a copy of the content, to the user device via the first base station, as multicast content, based on a determination that the first base station can process multicast content; and transmit the content, to the user device via the first base station, as unicast content, based on a determination that the first base station cannot process multicast content. | 12-13-2012 |
20130003652 | SPLIT USAGE OF RADIO ACCESS NETWORKS WITH IMS - Different access networks may perform signaling and data delivery (bearer connection) for communication services. A device may determine, in response to a request for a service from a user of the device, whether the device is connected to a non-cellular access network. The device may transmit, when it is determined that the device is connected to the non-cellular access network, one or more control messages, relating to establishment of the service, using the non-cellular access network. The device may transmit, when it is determined that the device is not connected to the non-cellular access network, the one or more control messages, using a cellular access network. The device may establish, with a party with which the service is to connect, a bearer connection for the service over the cellular access network. | 01-03-2013 |
20130003719 | ENHANCED EMERGENCY SERVICES FOR FIXED WIRELESS CUSTOMER PREMISES EQUIPMENT - A gateway device, provided in a customer premises, receives a call from a user device, and detects dialed information associated with the call. The gateway device identifies the call as an emergency call based on the dialed information, and terminates all other calls communicated by the gateway device except for the emergency call. The gateway device notifies an outdoor broadband unit, associated with the customer premises, about the emergency call. | 01-03-2013 |
20130013791 | TRANSMISSION CONTROL PROTOCOL (TCP) THROUGHPUT OPTIMIZATION IN MOBILE WIRELESS NETWORKS - A device establishes a first transmission control protocol (TCP) connection with a client device associated with a wireless network, and establishes a second TCP connection with a server device associated with the wireless network. The device also provides a first TCP window size to the client device via the first TCP connection, and provides a second TCP window size to the server device via the second TCP connection, where the first TCP window size is different than the second TCP window size. | 01-10-2013 |
20130044603 | RADIO ACCESS NETWORK TECHNOLOGY OPTIMIZATION BASED ON APPLICATION TYPE - A mobile device may monitor availability of access networks that provide connectivity for the mobile device. The mobile device may also store preference information, on a per-application basis, relating to preferences for using the access networks by applications executed by the mobile device. The mobile device may additionally select, in response to a request from an application to connect to the network, one of the access networks, based on the preference information for the application; and provide a communication channel for the application using the selected access network. | 02-21-2013 |
20130044614 | ACCESSING AN APPLICATION BASED ON A LEVEL OF SERVICE QUALITY - A user device receives an instruction to access an application, of one or more applications being provisioned via one or more base stations; obtains service quality information, associated with the application, where the service quality information identifies one or more quality thresholds associated with one or more frequency bands to be used to access the application; measures a first level of service quality associated with traffic being received via a first frequency band and a second level of service quality associated with traffic being received via a second frequency band; and accesses the application using one of the first frequency band or the second frequency band based on a determination that another one of the first level of service quality or the second level of service quality is less than a threshold, of the one or more quality thresholds. | 02-21-2013 |
20130044694 | USING USER DEVICE FEED BACK TO DYNAMICALLY ALLOCATE NETWORK RESOURCES FOR PROVISIONING SERVICES - A system may receive, from one or more user devices, service information that identifies applications that are being accessed by the user devices and levels of service quality, received by the user devices, when accessing the applications; identify, based on the service information, that a user device is accessing an application at a level of service quality that is less than a threshold; assign, one or more quantities of bandwidth, to the applications, based on the service information; and transmitting, to the base station, scheduling information that identifies how the quantities of bandwidth are assigned to the applications, where transmitting the scheduling information allows the base station to use a quantity of bandwidth, assigned to the application, to provide the application to the user device at a level of service quality that is not less than the threshold. | 02-21-2013 |
20130051331 | DYNAMIC ALLOCATION OF NETWORK RESOURCES FOR PROVISIONING SERVICES TO USER DEVICES - A device may receive, from a base station, information that identifies traffic conditions within the base station; and may assign one or more different frequency bands to each of one or more applications being provisioned, by the base station, to one or more user devices based on the information that identifies the traffic conditions within the base station. The device may also generate allocation information that identifies how the different frequency bands are allocated to each of the applications; and transmit, via the base station, the allocation information to the user devices, where transmitting the allocation information allows a user device to identify a frequency band with which to obtain an application. | 02-28-2013 |
20130065632 | DYNAMIC HANDOFF PARAMETERS IN A WIRELESS NETWORK - A mobile device may determine applications that are executed by the mobile device. The mobile device may further determine handoff parameters, relating to performance of a handoff operation in a cellular network. The handoff parameters may be determined based on the applications being executed by the mobile device. A handoff operation may be performed based on the determined handoff parameters. | 03-14-2013 |
20130074127 | OPTIMIZING MOBILE ELECTRONIC PROGRAM GUIDE DELIVERY - A network device may receive, via a network, a request for electronic program guide content, from a user device connected to the network, and monitor, a network condition (e.g., network congestion, user device location, etc.) corresponding to the network. The network device may determine, based on the network condition, whether to provide the electronic program guide content using a first radio frequency bandwidth corresponding to the network or a second radio frequency bandwidth corresponding to the network. The user device may communicate, via the network, the electronic program guide content using the first radio frequency bandwidth or the second radio frequency bandwidth. The first radio frequency bandwidth may correspond to unicast, multicast, or broadcast services, and the second radio frequency bandwidth may correspond to a different one of unicast, multicast, or broadcast services. | 03-21-2013 |
20130081072 | PREEMPTIVE VIDEO DELIVERY TO DEVICES IN A WIRELESS NETWORK - Content may be preemptively delivered to mobile devices in a wireless network using multicast delivery techniques. In one implementation, a method may include analyzing network traffic of a number of users; determining, based on the analysis, whether a content item is a popular content item, as determined by requests for the content item from the users; and transmitting, a signal, in response to the determination, to schedule preemptive multicast delivery of the content item to mobile devices. The multicast delivery may be performed over one or more radio interfaces in which multiple mobile devices receive the content item over a shared radio channel. | 03-28-2013 |
20130083795 | OPTIMIZED FILE REPAIR ARCHITECTURE FOR MOBILE BROADCAST MULTICAST SYSTEM (MBMS) - A device receives or creates file packets to be broadcast, via multicast delivery, to multiple user equipment by a broadcast multicast service control (BMSC) device. The device stores the file packets in the memory, and receives, via unicast delivery, a file repair request from a particular user equipment of the multiple user equipment. The device identifies particular file packets in the memory based on the file repair request, and provides, via unicast delivery, the particular file packets to the particular user equipment. | 04-04-2013 |
20130100894 | DYNAMIC SELECTION OF HOST-BASED OR NETWORK-BASED MOBILITY PROTOCOL - A device receives, from a mobile device, a request to connect to a network, and determines, based on the connection request, whether the mobile device has mobility capability. The device registers the mobile device per host-based mobility protocol standards when the mobile device does not have mobility capability. The device registers the mobile device per network-based mobility protocol standards when the mobile device has mobility capability. | 04-25-2013 |
20130104173 | BROADCAST VIDEO PROVISIONING SYSTEM - A device receives, from a network device, information associated with an event, and assigns an event identifier to the event based on the event information. The device also provides the event identifier to a cell control device located at a location associated with the event, and determines a cell capacity of the location to ensure that there is sufficient cell capacity at the location to broadcast the event. The network device instructs a device capturing the event to provide live event data to the cell control device for a predetermined time period. | 04-25-2013 |
20130115943 | LOCATION-BASED MICROCELL SEARCH - A network device may store information identifying a coverage area associated with each of one or more cells that are associated with the network device. The network device may receive information identifying a geographic location of a user device. The network device may compare the geographic location of the user device to one or more of the stored coverage areas. The network device may also determine, based on the comparing, that the user device is within a particular coverage area of a particular cell, of the one or more cells. The network device may further send, to the user device, and based on determining that the user device is located within the particular coverage area of the particular cell, an instruction for the user device to connect to the particular cell, where the user device is to attempt to connect to the particular cell in response to the instruction. | 05-09-2013 |
20130121145 | NETWORK SELECTION BASED ON ONE OR MORE FACTORS - A device may receive a network access request and perform at least one of signal strength measurements of a first wireless network and a second wireless network, a determination of a level of congestion of the first wireless network and a level of congestion of the second wireless network, or a determination of an access point name (APN) type associated with the network access request. The device may select one of the first wireless network or the second wireless network based on the performance of the at least one of the signal strength measurements, the determination of the level of congestion of the first wireless network and the level of congestion of the second wireless network, or the determination of the APN type associated with the network access request. The device may further connect to the selected one of the first wireless network or the second wireless network. | 05-16-2013 |
20130132559 | USER DEVICE APPLICATION MONITORING AND CONTROL - A system is configured to receive traffic information that identifies an application that is installed on a user device and resources being used to process traffic associated with the application; obtain, as a result of receiving the traffic information, a policy that identifies a particular amount of resources that are authorized for processing particular traffic associated with the application; determine that an amount of the resources being used to process the traffic is greater than the particular amount of resources authorized for processing the particular traffic; and transmit a notification to cause the traffic to be controlled based on the determination that the amount of the resources is greater than the particular amount of resources. The notification to cause the traffic to be controlled causes a base station to reduce the amount of the resources to a level that is less than the particular amount of resources. | 05-23-2013 |
20130138814 | ENHANCED VIRTUALIZED MOBILE GATEWAY IN CLOUD COMPUTING ENVIRONMENT - A device receives load information associated with one or more mobile gateways or server devices provided in cloud networks, and receives functionality information associated with the one or more mobile gateways or server devices provided in the cloud networks. The device also receives, from a user equipment, a request for a resource provided in one or more of the cloud networks, and selects one of the cloud networks to serve the request based on the load information and the functionality information. The device provides, to the user equipment, an indication of the selected cloud network, where the user equipment connects to the selected cloud network and receives the resource. | 05-30-2013 |
20130145402 | VIDEO ON DEMAND BROADCAST SERVICES - A system may include one or more devices. The one or more devices may obtain indications of quantities of wireless resources that are available at a group of wireless transmission devices, and determine, based on the obtained indications, an amount of wireless resources to allocate to a broadcast service that provides video on demand content. The one or more devices may further cause the determined amount of wireless resources to be allocated, from a unicast service, to the broadcast service at one or more wireless transmission devices, of the group of wireless transmission devices. | 06-06-2013 |
20130148502 | PROCESSING NETWORK TRAFFIC AT A NETWORK EDGE - A device, provided at a network edge, receives a radio frequency signal from a user equipment, and converts the radio frequency signal into an electrical signal. The device also receives, from a network controller, at least one of control information, schedule information, or congestion management information. The device performs baseband signal processing on the electrical signal, based on at least one of the control information, the schedule information, or the congestion management information, to create a modified signal. The device provides the modified signal to the network controller. | 06-13-2013 |
20130163464 | HANDING OVER A USER DEVICE FROM ONE TECHNOLOGY TO ANOTHER - A server device may identify that a user device is connected to a first radio access network (“RAN”), via a first technology. The server device may identify that the user device is capable of accessing a second RAN, via a second technology, where the second RAN is different from the first RAN, and where the second technology is different from the first technology. The server device may also receive an indication that the first RAN is congested. The server device may further determine, based on the indication that first RAN is congested, and further based on identifying that the user device is capable of accessing the second RAN via the second technology, that the user device should be handed over to the second RAN. Additionally, the server device may instruct the user device to connect to the second RAN via the second technology. | 06-27-2013 |
20130219005 | RETRIEVING CONTENT FROM LOCAL CACHE - A network device transmits, to a cache located proximate to the network device, instructions to store content in the cache. The cache stores the content based on the instructions. The network device further receives a request for the content from a mobile communication device; determines, based on the request, that the content is stored in the local cache; and retrieves the content from the local cache. The network device also creates packets based on the retrieved content, and transmits the packets to the mobile communication device. | 08-22-2013 |
20130223222 | DYNAMICALLY PROVISIONING SUBSCRIBERS TO MANAGE NETWORK TRAFFIC - A system comprising: one or more server devices to: set a first network threshold level for determining network congestion in a network; set rate limiting criteria for determining when one or more subscribers will be rate limited; detect an increase in network congestion at a base station above the first network threshold level; identify one or more subscribers meeting one or more of the rate limiting criteria; rate limit network traffic associated with the one or more subscribers; detect a decrease in network congestion at the base station below a second network threshold level; and remove the rate limiting of the network traffic associated with the one or more subscribers. | 08-29-2013 |
20130245939 | FOLLOW ME NAVIGATION SYSTEM - A first navigation device records first direction information as the first navigation device traverses a route from a first location to a second location, and transmits the first direction information to a second navigation device while the second navigation device is following the first navigation along the route. After recording the first direction information and while transmitting the first direction information, the first navigation device records second direction information as the first navigation device traverses the route from the second location to a third location. The first navigation device transmits the second direction information to the second navigation device. The first direction information and the second direction information include information that allows the second navigation device to follow the route traversed by the first navigation device. | 09-19-2013 |
20130246564 | ADAPTIVE LOCALIZED CONTENT STORAGE AND DISTRIBUTION - A device receives, from a user device and via a first device, a first request for content, and determines whether the content is stored in memory. The device identifies first other requests for the content, received via the first device over a time period, and second other requests for the content, received via a second device over the time period, when the content is stored in the memory. The device identifies a first quantity of the first other requests and a second quantity of the second other requests, and determines whether the first quantity or the second quantity is greater than a threshold. The device transmits the content, to the user device and via the first device, when the first quantity is not greater than the threshold, and transmits, to the second device, an instruction to store the content when the second quantity is greater than the threshold. | 09-19-2013 |
20130258870 | UTILIZING SCANNED RADIO ACCESS TECHNOLOGY INFORMATION - A method may include monitoring available radio access networks for information on one or more of types of radio access technologies, measurements of signal quality, measurements of signal strengths, or carrier identifiers of the available radio access networks; calculating network priorities for the available radio access networks based on the monitored information; detecting a border condition, the border condition based on a decrease in the measurements of signal quality or the measurements of signal strength; selecting, when a border condition is detected, a new radio access network from the available radio access networks based on the calculated network priorities of the available radio access networks; and connecting to a communication channel using the selected available radio access network. | 10-03-2013 |
20130267227 | LOCATION-BASED MICROCELL SEARCH - A network device may be configured to receive information regarding a location of a user device; compare the location of the user device to one or more coverage areas associated with each of one or more cells that are associated with a base station of a wireless telecommunications network; determine that the user device is within a particular coverage area of a particular cell, of the one or more cells; and instruct the user device, based on determining that the user device is within the particular coverage area of the particular cell, to connect to the particular cell. | 10-10-2013 |
20130287198 | AUTOMATIC RECONNECTION OF A DROPPED CALL - A system is configured to receive an indication that a connection with a user device is to be lost, the connection being associated with a call between the user device and another user device; provide an instruction, to one or more devices, to maintain the call when the connection is lost, the one or more devices being responsible for processing the call; detect that the connection is lost; provide, to the one or more devices, a first notification that the connection is lost, the first notification causing the one or more devices to maintain the call based on the instruction to maintain the call when the connection is lost; detect that the connection is re-established; and provide, to the one or more devices, a second notification that the connection is re-established, the second notification causing the one or more devices to re-establish the call. | 10-31-2013 |
20130301424 | MULTICAST/BROADCAST CONTENT DELIVERY BASED ON FEEDBACK FROM A USER DEVICE - A user device may receive a portion of multicast content and may obtain transmission information associated with the portion of the multicast content. The transmission information may identify parameters or radio conditions under which the portion of the multicast content is being received by the user device. The user device may provide, to a server device, the transmission information, and may receive content that remedies a condition, associated with the portion of the multicast content. The condition may be detected, by the server device, based on the transmission information. | 11-14-2013 |
20130301539 | FLEXIBLE PROVISIONING OF WIRELESS RESOURCES BASED ON MORPHOLOGY TO SUPPORT BROADCASTING/MULTICASTING - A system may receive base station configuration data associated with base stations, classify the base stations into morphologies based on the base station configuration data, identify resource utilization data associated with the base stations, generate resource allocation recommendations for the base stations based on the resource utilization data and the morphologies, and transmit the resource allocation recommendations for the base stations to permit the stations to allocate resources based on the resource allocation recommendations. | 11-14-2013 |
20130301540 | PROVIDING NETWORK CONNECTIVITY BASED ON DEVICE MOBILITY - A device receives an attachment request from a user device, and determines whether the user device is a stationary device based on the attachment request. The device further establishes a connection between the user device and a network by using local components associated with the device when the user device is the stationary device. The local components perform functions performed by one or more of a remote mobility management entity (MME) device, a remote serving gateway (SGW), or a remote packet data network (PDN) gateway (PGW) associated with the device. The device also transmits data from the network to the user device via the local components associated with the device after establishing the connection between the user device and the network. | 11-14-2013 |
20130305082 | RECOVERING INFORMATION - A first memory device receives session information associated with a session between a first network device and a user device. The first memory device outputs the session information associated with the session information. A second memory device receives the session information, associated with the session, from the first memory device. The second memory device receives a communication from the first memory device that the first network device is not functioning. The second memory device sends session information to a second network device, based on receiving the communication from the first network device that the first network device is not functioning, the second network device taking over the session from the first network device. | 11-14-2013 |
20130322251 | SPLIT CUSTOMER PREMISES EQUIPMENT ARCHITECTURE FOR PROVISIONING FIXED WIRELESS BROADBAND SERVICES - An indoor broadband device receives, from a user device, a first request for content; determines a quality of service (QoS) level at which the content is to be provided to the user device; provides a second request for the content, at the determined QoS level, to a wireless access network, the wireless access network connecting to a network that provides broadband services; receives, based on the second request, the content, at the determined QoS level, from the wireless access network; processes the content in a manner that conforms to the QoS level and in a format that is supported by the user device; and provides the content to the user device. | 12-05-2013 |
20130325952 | SHARING INFORMATION - A server is configured to receive a portion of content from a first user device, where the portion of content is less than an entirety of content that is playing on the first user device; receive information identifying a second user device with which to share the portion of content; store the portion of content; send a request to the second user device to share the portion of content that is playing on the first user device; receive an acceptance of the request from the second user device; determine whether the portion of content is compatible for playing on the second user device; and send, based on the determination that the portion of content is compatible for playing on the second user device, the portion of content, playing on the first user device, to the second user device, to cause the second user device to play the portion of content. | 12-05-2013 |
20130329550 | QUALITY OF SERVICE TREATEMENT FOR APPLICATIONS WITH MULTIPLE TRAFFIC CLASSES - A system may receive a connection request, from a user device, that includes information identifying a particular application; identify that the particular application is associated with a group of classes of traffic; establish a group of bearer channels that are associated with the group of classes of traffic, the group of bearer channels being associated with a group of different levels of quality of service (“QoS”); process, via a first bearer channel and according to a first level of QoS, first traffic associated with the user device and the particular application; and process, via a second bearer channel of the group of bearer channels, according to a second level of QoS, second traffic associated with the user device and the particular application, the second bearer channel being different from the first bearer channel, and the second level of QoS being different from the first level of QoS. | 12-12-2013 |
20130336229 | MULTISTAGE HIERARCHICAL PACKET SCHEDULING - A system may receive a bandwidth allocation policy, may allocate first bandwidth to a first set of queues based on the bandwidth allocation policy, and may allocate second bandwidth to a second set of queues based on the bandwidth allocation policy. The system may identify a first characteristic associated with packets, and may store information associated with the packets in first queues based on the first characteristic. The system may identify a second characteristic associated with the packets, and may store information associated with the packets, from the first queues, in second queues, based on the second characteristic, the allocated first bandwidth, and the bandwidth allocation policy. The system may store information associated with the packets, from the second queues, in an output queue based on the allocated second bandwidth and the bandwidth allocation policy, and may service the packets from the output queue for delivery to a device. | 12-19-2013 |
20130339546 | DEVICE IDENTIFICATION - A mobile device is configured to create a network address for the mobile device, the network address allowing the mobile device to communicate across a mobile network; associate the network address with a name for the mobile device; store the network address and the name for the mobile device in a first component, the first component being a part of the mobile device; update the network address, for the mobile device, to a new network address; associate the new network address with the name for the mobile device; store the new network address in the first component; and send, using the first component, the new network address to a first server. | 12-19-2013 |
20130343192 | MESH NETWORK NODE WITH MULTIPLE AUTOMATIC REPEAT REQUESTERS - A device may receive a packet, may identify a first packet characteristic associated with the packet, may identify a second packet characteristic associated with the packet, and may store information associated with the packet in a queue based on the first packet characteristic and the second packet characteristic. The device may service the packet from the queue based on an automatic repeat requester (“ARQ”) mechanism. The ARQ mechanism may specify a maximum quantity of times that the packet should be serviced before being dropped, when a packet acknowledgement is not received, may specify a time period between packet service attempts, and may be based on the first packet characteristic and the second packet characteristic. | 12-26-2013 |
20140017990 | SESSION CONTINUITY IN WIRELESS LOCAL AREA NETWORKS WITH INTERNET PROTOCOL LEVEL MOBILITY - A device may receive a request from a mobile device to create a socket connection between the mobile device and the device. The request may be associated with linking information that links the socket connection with a previous socket connection with the mobile device. The request may be received from the mobile device after the mobile device disconnects from a first wireless local area network and reconnects to a second wireless local area network. The device may identify, based on the linking information, a socket connection between the device and a server device, the socket connection between the device and the server device having been created when the mobile device was connected to the first wireless local area network. The device may relay communications between the mobile device and the server device, using the socket connections. | 01-16-2014 |
20140020060 | QUALITY OF SERVICE APPLICATION - A first network device receives an authentication request, from a second network device, to authenticate a user device and a first over-the-top application, stored on the user device, to determine whether to apply a level of quality of service to the first over-the-top application. The first network device authenticates the user device, based on the authentication requested. The first network device authenticates the first over-the-top application, based on the authentication request. The first network device sends an authentication result, based on the authentication of the user device and the first over-the-top application, to the second network device; and the second network device initiates, based on the authentication result, a process to apply a level of quality of service to information sent between the first over-the-top application and a provider associated with the first over-the-top application. | 01-16-2014 |
20140036677 | LOAD BALANCING FOR DEVICES WITHIN A NETWORK - A first device is configured to receive an instruction from a second device, identify network demand associated with the instruction, identify a third device associated with the instruction, send a first load query to the third device, and receive a first load response from the third device. The first load response may identify network capacity associated with the third device and may indicate that the third device is under-loaded, overloaded, or substantially overloaded. The first device is further configured to send a first portion of data, associated with the instruction from the second device, to the third device based on the network capacity indicating that the third device is under-loaded, and send a second portion of data, associated with the instruction from the second device, to a fourth device based on the network capacity indicating that the third device is under-loaded. | 02-06-2014 |
20140043135 | PREVENTING DISTRACTED DRIVING - A first device is configured to receive, from a second device, an indication of a presence of a third device inside of a vehicle, where the first device is located inside of the vehicle. The first device is further configured to receive data associated with the vehicle, determine a vehicle condition, of the vehicle, based on the data associated with the vehicle, and deactivate a function associated with the third device based on the vehicle condition. The first device may prevent the third device from performing the deactivated function when an instruction to perform the deactivated function is received by the third device via manual input. The first device may permit the third device to perform the deactivated function when the instruction to perform the deactivated function is received by the third device via a hands-free device. | 02-13-2014 |
20140044263 | CENTRALIZED KEY GENERATION - A first network device is configured to receive a request for a secret key, generate the secret key, and send the secret key to a second network device, a third network device, and a wireless user device. The second network device may send content, encrypted with the secret key, to the wireless user device. The third network device may send content, encrypted with the secret key, to the wireless user device when the second network device is not sending content to the wireless user device. The wireless user device may use the secret key to decrypt the content received from the second network device or the third network device. | 02-13-2014 |
20140064180 | DYNAMIC HEADER COMPRESSION BASED ON ATTRIBUTES OF TRAFFIC - A system may be configured to identify attributes of a bearer channel. Based on the attributes of the bearer channel, the system may identify a header compression policy associated with the bearer channel. The system may be configured to identify, based on attributes of traffic sent and/or received via the bearer channel, and further based on the header compression policy, that header compression should be performed on at least a portion of the traffic associated with the bearer channel. The system may be configured to perform header compression on the at least the portion of the traffic. | 03-06-2014 |
20140066005 | MULTICARRIER WIRELESS SERVICE SELECTION - A user equipment (UE) provides a device identifier to a server device, and receives, based on one of the device identifier or a location of the device, carrier pricing information from the server device. The UE provides the carrier pricing information for display, and receives a selection of a particular carrier from the displayed carrier pricing information. The UE provides an indication of the particular carrier to the server device, initializes a connection with the particular carrier, and performs one or more communication operations via the connection with the particular carrier. | 03-06-2014 |
20140066046 | RADIO ACCESS NETWORK INTEGRATED SET-TOP DEVICE - A device may receive a signal strength indicator associated with a connection between a mobile device and a first base station. The signal strength indicator may indicate a strength of a radio signal received by the mobile device from the first base station. The device may transmit the signal strength indicator to a network device, and may receive, from the network device, a first notification to activate a second base station based on the signal strength indicator. The device may activate the second base station based on the first notification. The second base station may provide temporary wireless connectivity for the mobile device. | 03-06-2014 |
20140066050 | FREQUENCY BAND ADMISSION - A device is configured to receive a request, from a user device, to connect to a network using a first frequency band. The device is configured to determine that the first frequency band cannot accommodate the user device. The device is configured to determine that the user device can connect to the network using a second frequency band, and connect the user device to the network using the second frequency band rather than the first frequency band. | 03-06-2014 |
20140066052 | DEVICE AND NETWORK MONITORING CORRELATION SYSTEM FOR NETWORK TROUBLESHOOTING - A monitoring device may determine an application to monitor, may determine a parameter to monitor, where the parameter is associated with at least one of a network or a device, may determine user devices from which to collect the parameter, and may transmit, to the user devices, information that identifies the application and information that identifies the parameter. The monitoring device may receive, from the user devices, information that identifies values of the parameter, may analyze the values of the parameter, may determine, based on the analysis, that the application is a cause of a problem associated with the network or the device. The monitoring device may perform an action based on determining that the application is a cause of the problem. | 03-06-2014 |
20140071889 | OVER-THE-TOP (OTT) VIDEO / VOICE CONFIGURATION - A user equipment (UE) provides for display, to a user, information identifying available over-the-top (OTT) services provided via voice-over-Long-Term Evolution (VoLTE), and receives, from the user, a selection of a particular OTT service of the available OTT services. The UE receives, from the user, information identifying a selected contact associated with the particular OTT service, and determines whether a particular UE associated with the selected contact is a VoLTE capable device or a non-VoLTE capable device. The UE provides a call to the particular UE, via a LTE network and an Internet protocol (IP) Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) network, when the particular UE is a VoLTE capable device. | 03-13-2014 |
20140073334 | INTERFERENCE COORDINATION IN HETEROGENEOUS NETWORKS - A device establishes a connection with a user equipment (UE) via a macrocell associated with the device, and provides, to a femto device within range of the macrocell, information identifying resource blocks to allocate to the UE when the UE enters into a femtocell generated by the femto device. The femto device provides the information to the UE when the UE enters into the femtocell. The device also maintains the connection of the UE with macrocell, via the allocated resource blocks identified in the information, when the UE enters into the femtocell. | 03-13-2014 |
20140080502 | COMPUTING USER DEVICE LOCATIONS IN LOCATION SERVICE DEAD ZONES - A system may be configured to receive first information regarding a location service dead zone; receive second information regarding a location of a user device; identify, based on the first information and the second information, that the user device is within the location service dead zone at a particular time; compute a location of the user device, within the location service dead zone, at the particular time, based on at least one of the second information regarding the location of the user device, history data associated with the user device, or history data associated with one or more other user devices; and store or output information regarding the computed location of the user device at the particular time. | 03-20-2014 |
20140101245 | DEVICE-AGNOSTIC CLOUD AND DEVICE-BASED USER TO USER COMMUNICATION TIMELINE/MOSAIC - A device may receive a request to update a data structure with first communication information from multiple applications. The first communication information may identify communications made, by a particular user, using the applications, and the applications may be associated with different modes of communication. The device may request the first communication information from devices storing the first communication information, may receive the first communication information, and may store the first communication information in the data structure. The device may receive criteria identifying requested communications, and may search the data structure to determine second communication information. The second communication information may identify the requested communications that satisfy the criteria. The device may provide the second communication information to a user device associated with the particular user. | 04-10-2014 |
20140105035 | DATA RATE DETERMINATION BASED ON RADIO FREQUENCY DEVICE FEEDBACK - A device may receive information that identifies a radio frequency condition of a user device, where the radio frequency condition indicates a quality of a radio access network connection of the user device. The device may determine a radio frequency parameter value based on the radio frequency condition, and may set a data rate for a transmission control protocol (“TCP”) communication with the user device based on the radio frequency parameter value. | 04-17-2014 |
20140109209 | HOSTED IMS INSTANCE WITH AUTHENTICATION FRAMEWORK FOR NETWORK-BASED APPLICATIONS - A device is configured to receive an authentication credential from a user device, and is configured to authenticate the user device based on the authentication credential. The device is configured to transmit, based on authenticating the user device, a first application for establishing a tunnel that permits the user device to access a second application using an Internet protocol multimedia subsystem (IMS) network architecture. The device is configured to establish, based on the first application, a tunnel for transferring IMS traffic to or from the user device, and is configured to transfer the IMS traffic to or from the user device, using the tunnel, where transferring the IMS traffic permits the user device to access the second application. | 04-17-2014 |
20140112140 | REDUCING CONGESTION OF MEDIA DELIVERY OVER A CONTENT DELIVERY NETWORK - A device may receive a packet that includes priority information that is based on a priority assigned to bits included in the packet. The priority may be assigned based on scalable code used to encode the bits for transmission. The device may determine that an indicator of network congestion satisfies a threshold, and may schedule the packet for transmission to a user device based on the priority information and the determination that the indicator satisfies the threshold. | 04-24-2014 |
20140112160 | DYNAMIC BAND SELECTION AND AGGREGATION - A user device may receive a selection of an application associated with the user device; generate a query based on receiving the selection of the application; provide the query to a first server; and receive, from the first server, a response to the query based on providing the query. The response may include information regarding a resource demand of the application and information regarding a performance of one or more wireless bands. The user device may also determine one or more first wireless bands, of the one or more wireless bands, that satisfy the resource demand; connect with a network via the one or more first wireless bands of the one or more wireless bands; and communicate with a second server using the network to operate the application in accordance with the resource demand. | 04-24-2014 |
20140113556 | NETWORK-ASSISTED DEVICE-TO-DEVICE COMMUNICATION - A device may receive, over a radio access network and from a first user device, an indication that the first user device and a second user device are to communicate, and may obtain session setup information for establishing a communication session, via a local network, between the first user device and the second user device. The device may determine, based on the session setup information, that the second user device is capable of participating in the communication session, and may transmit, over the radio access network and to the first user device and the second user device, session management information that permits the first user device and the second user device to establish the communication session via the local network. | 04-24-2014 |
20140128052 | COMMAND INTERFACE FOR OUTDOOR BROADBAND UNIT - A method implemented by an outdoor broadband unit includes receiving, by a broadband home router within the outdoor broadband unit, a request for services associated with a wide area network (WAN), the request originating from a device within a local area network (LAN) associated with the broadband home router; generating, by the broadband home router and based on the request, an attention (AT) command to a Long-Term Evolution (LTE) module, within the outdoor broadband unit, the LTE module providing an air interface for the WAN; executing, by the LTE module, the AT command; receiving, by the broadband home router and from the LTE module, a return value based on the executed AT command; and sending, by the broadband home router and to the device within the LAN, a response to the request based on the return value. | 05-08-2014 |
20140143322 | CENTRAL INFORMATION MANAGEMENT SYSTEM - A network device is configured to send information identifying a frequency at which an application, downloaded on a user device, is to send geographic location information to the network device. The network device is configured further to receive personal information associated with a plurality of social networking applications from the application on the user device. The network device is configured further to receive the geographic location information from the application; and send the personal information and the geographic location information to a plurality of social networking servers associated with a plurality of social networking applications. | 05-22-2014 |
20140146682 | TIME-BASED QOS SCHEDULING OF NETWORK TRAFFIC - Quality of service may be achieved in a network using time-bases queues that are associated with different maximum latency periods. A device may receive a request to allocate resources for a packet flow, the resources being allocated at a number of network devices. The device may select, in response to the request, a set of queues that includes a queue selected at each of the network devices, the selected queue, at each of the network devices, being associated with a maximum latency period. The device may transmit one or more messages, to the network devices, indicating that the selected set of queues are to be used for buffering of the packet flow during packet scheduling. | 05-29-2014 |
20140153398 | SINGLE BEARER NETWORK CONNECTION ESTABLISHMENT - A first device may establish a connection with a user device via a particular bearer associated with multiple policies for corresponding data flows. The first device may also receive a first data packet associated with a first data flow; apply, to the first data flow, a first policy of the multiple policies; transmit the first data packet to the user device via the particular bearer; receive a second data packet associated with a second data flow; apply, to the second data flow, a second policy of the one or more policies; and transmit the second data packet to the user device via the particular bearer. | 06-05-2014 |
20140153481 | CLOUD-BASED TELECOMMUNICATIONS INFRASTRUCTURE - A cloud-based telecommunications infrastructure may include one or more cloud-based network instances that each provide telecommunications services to mobile devices. A proxy may be used to select, based on initial communications from the mobile devices, one of the cloud-based network instances to service the mobile devices. Communications to the mobile devices may then be routed to the selected cloud-based network instances. | 06-05-2014 |
20140162680 | Providing Multiple Interfaces for Traffic - A system may be configured to receive data. The system may be associated with a plurality of network interfaces that each correspond to a different radio access technology associated with one or more cellular networks. The system may identify one or more measures of load associated with each of the plurality of network interfaces; and output, based on the identified measures of load, a different portion of the received data to each network interface, of the group of network interfaces. | 06-12-2014 |
20140177523 | Gateway Selection Based on Geographical Location - A system may be configured to receive information regarding a geographical location of a user device; and compare the geographical location of the user device to geographical locations of a set of gateway devices. The gateway devices may be associated with a cellular network, and the gateway devices may communicatively couple one or more network devices associated with the cellular network to an access point that is not associated with the cellular network. The system may further select a particular gateway device based on the geographical location of the user device and the geographical locations of the particular gateway device; and store or output information regarding the selected particular gateway device. | 06-26-2014 |
20140185521 | INSTALLATION OF A VOICE CLIENT FOR ROAMING DEVICES IN A WIRELESS NETWORK - Voice over LTE (VoLTE) services may be provided to a roaming mobile device, even when the home network of the mobile device does not provide VoLTE service. In one implementation, one or more devices in a network may determine based on a mobile device attaching to a network as a roaming device for the network, a home network of the mobile device. The devices may further determine whether the home network, associated with the mobile device, provides VoLTE services; transmit, based on the determination that the home network does not provide VoLTE services, a VoLTE client application to the mobile device, the VoLTE client application providing functionality, for the mobile device, relating to usage of VoLTE services in the network. The devices may further communicate with the mobile device and the VoLTE client application, to provide one or more VoLTE services to the mobile device. | 07-03-2014 |
20140187210 | FILTERING AND ENHANCEMENT OF VOICE CALLS IN A TELECOMMUNICATIONS NETWORK - Voice calls may be filtered and/or modified to enhance the clarity of a speaker's voice. In one implementation, a device may receive an indication, from a caller associated with a call, that speech of the caller is to be modified to deemphasize an accent of the caller. The device may modify, based on the received indication, the speech of the caller to deemphasize the accent of the caller and transmit the modified speech to a callee associated with the call. | 07-03-2014 |
20140187236 | QUICK RECOVERY OF RF SESSIONS AFTER BACKHAUL LINK FAILURE - Communication sessions with mobile devices may be suspended, in a wireless communications network, after failure of one or more backhaul network links In one implementation, a device may detect failure of a backhaul network connecting a cell site to a core portion of a wireless network; and suspend, based on the detected failure, communication sessions with mobile devices connected to the cell site through radio interfaces, the suspending of the communication sessions including preventing loss of the communication sessions despite the failure of the backhaul network. The device may further detect cessation of the failure of the backhaul network; and resume, based on the detected cessation of the failure of the backhaul network, the communication sessions with the mobile devices. | 07-03-2014 |
20140189034 | Adapative, Personal Localized Cache Control Server - A server may be configured to receive an indication that a first user device stores a particular content item; receive, from a second user device, a request for content; and determine that the requested content is available from the first user device. The determining may include determining that the particular content item stored by the first user device corresponds to the request for content, and determining that a local peer connection is available between the first user device and the second user device. The server may further output, to the first user device, an instruction to output the requested content to the second user device via the local peer connection, and/or the server may output, to the second user device, information which may allow the second user device to request the content from the first user device via a local peer connection. | 07-03-2014 |
20140196093 | UNIFIED ELECTRONIC PROGRAM GUIDE - A device may receive a request for an electronic program guide from a user device and determine a location of the user device. The device may determine, based on the determining that the user device is located in a first location, a group of different types of networks available to the user device and may provide, based on the determined group of different types of networks available to the user device, the electronic program guide for display. The electronic program guide may include a network identifier for each of one or more available channels associated with each of the determined group of different types of networks, and a content identifier associated with a respective one of the one or more available channels associated with each of the determined group of different types of networks. | 07-10-2014 |
20140219177 | COAXIAL CABLE INTERFACE TO OUTDOOR BROADBAND UNIT - A network device within an outdoor broadband unit receives, via Ethernet over coaxial cable signals, Internet Protocol (IP) data traffic originating from a device within a local area network (LAN). The IP data traffic is buffered in a memory within the outdoor broadband unit. A forwarding plane module of the network device sends the IP data traffic toward a destination via an air interface for a wide area network (WAN). The network device receives, via different Ethernet over coaxial cable signals, IP control traffic originating from the device within the LAN. A control plane module of the network device implements the instructions in the IP control traffic to initiate a test function for the network device. | 08-07-2014 |
20140235239 | SERVICE CREATION USING MOBILE DEVICE - A method may be performed by a mobile device. The method may include receiving subscriber input for a temporary service account for a user associated with a portable device and creating the temporary service account. The method may also include receiving, from the portable device via a local wireless network, a registration request to use the temporary service account and assigning, to the portable device, a temporary mobile number selected from an available pool of mobile numbers. The method may also include sending, via the local wireless network, a registration confirmation to the portable device and providing, to the portable device, mobile services using both a broadband cellular network and the local wireless network. | 08-21-2014 |
20140241159 | OPTIMIZATION OF TRANSMISSION CONTROL PROTOCOL (TCP) CONNECTIONS IN A WIRELESS NETWORK - Network parameters implemented in a number of network devices may be optimized. In one implementation, a device may receive values for a network parameters, the network parameters including network parameters associated with devices in a network. At least a first portion of the network parameters may relate to traffic control in transmission control protocol (TCP) sessions in the network and at least a second portion of the network parameters may relate to data transmission in a radio access interface in the network. The device may further receive values for performance indicators that define a performance of one or more aspects of the network. The device may further modify one or more of the network parameters based on the received values for the network parameters and based on the received performance indicators, to optimize performance of the network with respect to the performance indicators. | 08-28-2014 |
20140269437 | BROADCAST MEDIA CONTENT TO SUBSCRIBER GROUP - A system includes a network device receives a request for media content from a plurality of user devices and transmits the media content in accordance with at least one of a unicast mode and a broadcast mode. A content monitoring device counts a number of requests for the media content received at the network device and selects the mode of the network device based on the number of requests received. A method includes receiving a request for media content from a plurality of user devices, counting a number of requests for media content received at the network device, selecting at least one of a unicast mode and a broadcast mode of the network device based on the number of requests received at the network device, and transmitting the media content in accordance with the selected mode. | 09-18-2014 |
20140281831 | PACKET LOSS RECOVERY - A network device includes a network interface device that receives at least a subset of a plurality of recoverable packets. The plurality of recoverable packets corresponds to a plurality of original packets generated by a source device. A processor having a packet recovery module recreates each of the original packets based on the subset of the recoverable packets received. The subset of recoverable packets excludes recoverable packets lost during transmission to the network interface device. A system includes a first network device that generates original packets and converts the original packets to recoverable packets. A second network device receives at least a subset of the recoverable packets, excluding recoverable packets lost during transmission from the first network device. The second network device includes a packet recovery module that recreates the original packets based on the subset of the recoverable packets received at the second network device. | 09-18-2014 |
20140286309 | HANDING OVER A USER DEVICE FROM ONE TECHNOLOGY TO ANOTHER - A system may be configured to identify that a user device is connected to a first radio access network (“RAN”), via a first technology; and to identify that the user device is capable of accessing a second RAN, via a second technology. The system may further be configured to instruct the user device to concurrently connect to the second RAN and the first RAN, send or receive a first type of traffic via the first RAN, and send or receive a second type of traffic via the second RAN. | 09-25-2014 |
20140289383 | PROVISIONING OF NETWORK COMMUNICATION PARAMETERS BASED ON DEVICE TYPE - The device type of a user computing device may be used to optimize network communication sessions. In one implementation, an indication of the device type of the user computing device may be received and a communication profile for the user computing device may be determined. The communication profile may be associated with values for a number of parameters relating to one or more communication protocols used to implement communication sessions with the user computing device. One or more network elements, that are involved in the communication sessions with the user computing device, may be provisioned, to cause the one or more network elements to implement the communication protocols, for the user computing device, using the values for the parameters relating to the one or more communication protocols. | 09-25-2014 |
20140307549 | BUNDLED CHARGING FOR OVER-THE-TOP AND HOSTED SERVICES IN IP WIRELESS NETWORKS - A system may receive a request to receive a particular quality of service level for traffic flow between a user device and an over-the-top application server that provides an over-the-top application service. The over-the-top application server may be outside of a service provider network. The system may determine that the user device is to receive the particular quality of service level for the over-the-top application service based on receiving the request. The system may cause the traffic flow to receive the particular quality of service level based on determining that the user device is to receive the particular quality of service level. The traffic flow may be transmitted using the service provider network. The system may determine usage information associated with the traffic flow, where the usage information identifies the user device and the particular quality of service level. The system may provide the usage information. | 10-16-2014 |
20140310371 | CACHE AND DELIVERY BASED APPLICATION DATA SCHEDULING - A device receives configuration information that instructs the device about when to send content to a user device. The device also receives content from an application server at a first time, and stores the content. The device determines, based on the configuration information, that the content is to be sent to the user device, and sends the content to the user device based on the determination. The content is sent to the user device at a second time that is later than the first time. | 10-16-2014 |
20140358985 | FAILOVER FOR MOBILE DEVICES - A device may receive information that identifies a failover configuration associated with a user device. The failover configuration may identify a backup user device. The device may receive information indicating that a failover condition, identified in the failover configuration, has been satisfied. The device may identify the backup user device based on receiving the information indicating that the failover condition has been satisfied. The device may contact the backup user device based on identifying the backup user device. The device may determine that a service request, associated with a service and intended for the user device, is to be forwarded to the backup user device based on contacting the backup user device. The service may be identified by the failover configuration. The device may forward the service request to the backup user device to permit the backup user device to obtain the service rather than the user device. | 12-04-2014 |
20140362777 | COMMUNICATING VIA MULTIPLE COMMUNICATION LAYERS PROVIDED BY MULTIPLE WIRELESS NETWORK DEVICES - One or more devices may receive, from a user device via a first communication layer associated with a first network device, a request to add a second communication layer associated with a second network device; generate an instruction, based on receiving the request, to aggregate first data flow and the second data flow, to be provided via the first and second communication layers; and provide, to the second network device and based on generating the instruction, a response to indicate that the one or more devices are prepared to aggregate the first and second data flows. The response may include an instruction to direct the second network device to establish a simultaneous connection with the user device while the user device is connected to the first network device and to establish the connection with the user device via the second communication layer. | 12-11-2014 |
20140369190 | TIER-BASED CONGESTION CONTROL FOR MULTIMODE USER EQUIPMENT - A network device may receive, from a user device, a connection request. The connection request may correspond to a request to access a first network. The network device may determine a network congestion level associated with the first network. The network device may determine priority class information associated with the user device. The network device may selectively provide access to the first network based on the network congestion level and the priority class information. The network device may selectively provide access to a second network when access to the first network is denied. | 12-18-2014 |
20140369266 | MOBILE SERVICES HOSTING - A mobile device stores a service-creation application and presents, via the service-creation application, a user interface to solicit a service definition for client mobile devices. The mobile device stores a service-engine for providing the service and announces availability of the service to the client mobile devices. The mobile device receives, in response to the announcing, a registration request from one of the client mobile devices and validates the registration request. The mobile device then provides, to the one of the client mobile devices, the service via the service engine. | 12-18-2014 |
20150023168 | DYNAMIC NETWORK TRAFFIC ANALYSIS AND TRAFFIC FLOW CONFIGURATION FOR RADIO NETWORKS - A system may receive, from a base station, information indicating that a network congestion level associated with the base station satisfies a threshold, the network congestion level being a measurement of traffic associated with a network, and the network including the base station. The system may determine, based on the network congestion level satisfying the threshold, traffic flow information for a plurality of traffic flows associated with the base station. The system may identify a congestion-causing traffic flow, of the plurality of traffic flows, based on the traffic flow information. The system may provide information identifying the congestion-causing traffic flow. | 01-22-2015 |
20150029840 | TRANSMITTING DATA VIA A PRIVATE SUB-NETWORK OF A SERVICE PROVIDER NETWORK - A first device may receive data associated with a second device from within a first network and independently of a second network. The second device may include a sensor or an application to form or process a data record. The first device may establish a bearer between the first device and a particular user device, of multiple user devices, in accordance with a bearer policy; and provide the data towards the particular user device via a first sub-network, of multiple sub-networks, of the second network and via the bearer. The first sub-network may be independent of a second sub-network of the multiple sub-networks. The second sub-network may permit user device data to be transmitted between the multiple user devices. The first sub-network and the second sub-network may consume different levels of network resources. | 01-29-2015 |
20150031381 | PROCESSING COMMUNICATIONS VIA A SENSOR NETWORK - A first device may receive provisioning information for a second device; establish a tunnel with the second device within a first network based on receiving the provisioning information; provide the provisioning information to the second device to cause the second device to gather or process data within the first network; and receive a command instruction from a user device via a second network. The command instruction may relate to the data gathered or processed by the second device. The first network may be separate from the second network. The first device may communicate with the second device within the first network and independently of the second network to process the command instruction; form a response to the command instruction based on processing the command instruction; and provide the response to the command instruction towards the user device. | 01-29-2015 |
20150032799 | FACILITATING COMMUNICATION BETWEEN A USER DEVICE AND A CLIENT DEVICE VIA A COMMON SERVICES PLATFORM - A server may receive provisioning information for a client device; provision, based on the provisioning information, the client device to prepare the client device to gather data to form a data record and communicate with a user device, via the server, to receive or transmit information relating to the data record; and receive a communication request from the user device via a first network. The communication request may include a request to transmit the information relating to the data record to or from the client device. The server may communicate with the client device via a second network, on behalf of the user device, to process the communication request based on authorizing the user device. The second network may be different from the first network. The server may provide a response to the communication request to the user device. The response may include the information relating to the data record. | 01-29-2015 |
20150036494 | GROUPED MULTICAST/BROADCAST SINGLE FREQUENCY NETWORK (MBSFN) SPLITTING - A reporting server receives reports on content items being accessed by a plurality of UE devices through a first multicast/broadcast single frequency network (MBSFN). The reporting server determines, for each content item being accessed, which of the UE devices is accessing the content item. The UE devices are then grouped by the accessed content items such that at least one content item is accessed by a first group of UE devices and not accessed by a second group of UE devices. The reporting server then sends data representing the first and second groups to a broadcast video provisioning system (BVPS) with a recommendation to split the MBSFN into second and third MBSFNs. In another implementation, the reporting server receives reports from fourth and fifth MBSFNs and recommends joining the fourth and fifth MBSFNs to form a sixth MBSFN if broadcast bandwidth requirements are met. | 02-05-2015 |
20150039748 | NETWORK STATE SERVER FOR APPLICATION PROVIDERS - State information relating to an operational state of a network may be provided to services, such as services provided by application servers, and used to enhance the providing of the services to devices. In one implementation, the state information may be received and may include: (1) information relating to the operational state of a particular portion of a network; or (2) information relating to the operational state of the network as relevant to a particular mobile device connected to the network. A request for the state information may be received from an application server that provides services based on the state information. The request may include an identification of the particular portion of the network or an identification of the particular mobile device. The requested state information may be provided to the application server. | 02-05-2015 |
20150040162 | DYNAMIC SPLITTING OF EVOLVED MULTICAST BROADCAST MULTIMEDIA SERVICE (EMBMS) - A reporting server receives reports on unicast and/or broadcast multimedia content items being accessed by respective user equipment (UE) devices through a network. The reporting server determines, for each multimedia content item, a number of UE devices that are accessing the multimedia content item and whether it is being unicast or broadcast. The reporting server ranks the multimedia content items by the number of UE devices accessing each item. In several disclosed examples, a broadcast video provisioning system switches unicast transmissions to broadcast transmissions based on the ranked list, based on this ranking and possibly on the available unicast and broadcast bandwidth. | 02-05-2015 |
20150049661 | MOBILE DEVICE ORIGINATED MULTICAST BROADCASTING - Content originated by a mobile device may be transmitted, via multicast, to one or more other mobile devices. In one implementation, a method may include receiving, from a mobile device attached to a wireless network, a request to initiate a multicast transmission of content generated by the mobile device. The method may further include determining one or more wireless coverage areas to which the multicast transmission of the content is to be provided; receiving, from the mobile device, a unicast transmission of the content; and distributing the received content, via one or more multicast data channels that are broadcast in the one or more wireless coverage areas. | 02-19-2015 |
20150055565 | RADIO RESOURCE CONTROL DORMANCY TIMER BASED ON TRAFFIC TYPE - A device may be configured to determine a type of traffic, received by the device from a user device; identify a radio resource control (“RRC”) timeout value associated with the type; start an RRC dormancy timer based on the RRC timeout value; and modify, based on expiration of the RRC dormancy timer, an RRC channel between the device and the user device. | 02-26-2015 |
20150056942 | DETECTING AND HANDLING REGIONAL EVENTS BASED ON CALL ANALYSIS - A server device may be configured to receive information regarding calls that have been placed; detect, based on the information regarding the calls that have been placed, an occurrence of an event; determine a set of base stations that are associated with the event; and broadcast, via the set of base stations, a message regarding the event. | 02-26-2015 |
20150056947 | MOBILE DEVICE RADIO POWER CONSUMPTION AND BATTERY CAPACITY MANAGEMENT - A mobile device may manage the battery of the mobile device by controlling radio power usage. In one implementation, a mobile device may determine a target power usage associated with a radio of the mobile device, the radio implementing a radio link with a base station associated with a cellular wireless network. The mobile device may also determine an actual power usage associated with the radio of the mobile device and compare the actual power usage to the target power usage. The mobile device may communicate with the base station, and based on the comparison of the actual power usage to the target power usage, to cause the base station to reduce a bit rate associated with the radio link. | 02-26-2015 |
20150063122 | SMART MOBILITY MANAGEMENT ENTITY FOR UE ATTACHED RELAY NODE - A system includes a communication section communicably connected to a network, and configured to receive requests for data flows from user equipment attached to the network. The system may further include a flow path determination section configured to determine, for each data flow requested, an optimal signal path from among a plurality of potential signal paths based on substantially current characteristics of the potential signal paths and on characteristics of the data flow requested. The system may further include a command plane section configured to control routing of each requested data flow in accordance with the optimal signal path determined by the flow path determination section for the respective data. | 03-05-2015 |
20150063218 | QUALITY OF SERVICE ACCESS DEVICE - A device is configured to determine quality of service information and determine a set of service classes, associated with a wireless local area network, based on the quality of service information. The device is configured to determine an association between the set of service classes and a set of service identifiers. The device is configured to receive data traffic and to determine a service class, of the set of service classes, associated with the data traffic based on the association between the set of service classes and the set of service identifiers. The device is configured to schedule delivery of the data traffic based on the service class and to deliver the data traffic via the wireless local area network. | 03-05-2015 |
20150066545 | MOBILE PARKING SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING REAL-TIME PARKING GUIDANCE - Parking guidance is provided to a user of a mobile device requesting information on parking spots at a requested location for a requested time. In response to receiving a parking information request, parking spots having locations proximate to the requested location and having availability at the requested time are identified in a database of parking spot information of a parking management server. A notification of the identified parking spots is transmitted to the user device from which the information request was received. In response to receiving a reservation request identifying a parking spot to be reserved from the user device, the database is updated to identify the identified parking spot as being unavailable at the requested time. Additionally, a notification of the reservation request is transmitted to a parking manager associated with the identified parking spot, the notification identifying the particular parking spot and the requested time. | 03-05-2015 |
20150067816 | AUTOMATED SECURITY GATEWAY - A security device may be configured to receive information regarding traffic that has been outputted by a particular user device; and compare the information regarding the traffic to security information. The security information may include device behavior information, traffic policy information, or device policy information. The security device may determine, based on the comparing, that a security threat exists with regard to the traffic; and take, based on determining that the security threat exists, remedial action with respect to the traffic. Taking the remedial action may include preventing the traffic from being forwarded to an intended destination associated with the traffic, providing an alert, regarding the security threat, to the particular user device, or providing an alert, regarding to the security threat, to another device. | 03-05-2015 |