Patent application number | Description | Published |
20120300687 | NETWORK AWARE CONTENT PRE-DELIVERY OVER A RADIO ACCESS NETWORK - Efficient delivery of subscription content over a wireless network is described herein. In one implementation a device may receive load information regarding network traffic load at radio interfaces for a cellular network. The device may maintain subscription information relating to subscribers that have subscribed to receive content items and to availability of the content items. The device may determine whether a quantity of mobile devices, that are attached to the base station and are associated with subscribers that have subscribed to the first content item, is above a threshold. Finally, the device may transmit, when it is determined that the quantity of mobile devices is above the threshold, the first content item to the quantity of mobile devices as a multicast transmission over a radio interface associated with the base station. | 11-29-2012 |
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 |
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 |
20130148497 | NETWORK CONGESTION CONTROL FOR MACHINE-TYPE COMMUNICATIONS - A machine-type communications (MTC) device may attempt a network attach operation corresponding to a wireless network, and receive quality of service information, from the wireless network, in response to the network attach operation failing. The MTC device may determine a back-off time based on the quality of service information received from the wireless network. The back-off time may include a duration of time before re-attempting the network attach operation. The MTC device may re-attempt the network attach operation in response to detecting an expiration of the back-off time. | 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 |
20130188484 | OPTIMIZING CAPACITY DURING NETWORK CONGESTION - A device receives, from mobile devices, scheduling requests for voice packets, and assigns grants to the scheduling requests. The device further determines whether there is network congestion in a network associated with the device. The device also selects a grant, from the grants, when there is network congestion, and drops a voice packets associated with the selected grant. The device assigns physical resource blocks (PRBs) to one or more of the grants that are associated with one or more of the voice packets that are not dropped. | 07-25-2013 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
20140119212 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IMPROVING INFORMATION CARRYING CAPACITY BY CONTROLLING RE-TRANSMISSIONS - The re-transmission of transmission units (TUs) received in a communication device over a communication link is controlled to improve the information carrying capacity of the link. A received TU has an associated service characteristic indicative of a quality of service (QOS) for the TU. The service characteristic is associated with a select set of key performance indicators (KPIs), such as measures of packet error, packet delay, packet delay variation, and/or packet loss experienced by TUs on the communication link. Upon receipt of a TU, the performance of the communication link is evaluated with respect to each KPI in the select set to obtain a corresponding measurement value, and the measurement values are compared to corresponding threshold values. Upon determining that a determined performance value does not satisfy a corresponding threshold value for a KPI in the select set, re-transmission of the TU is requested. | 05-01-2014 |
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 |
20140185526 | INSTALLATION OF A VOICE CLIENT FOR ROAMING DEVICES IN A WIRELESS NETWORK - A mobile device may obtain wireless network connectivity from a local telecommunications provider by replacing a card in a mobile device associated with the user. In one implementation, a method may include receiving identification information relating to a mobile device; determining, based on the identification information, that the mobile device is compatible with a wireless network; transmitting, based on the determination that the mobile device is compatible with the wireless network, a Voice over Long Term Evolution (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 wireless network; and communicating, with the mobile device and the VoLTE client application, to provide one or more VoLTE services to the mobile device. | 07-03-2014 |
20140188873 | Presenting Information Based on User Profiles - A server may be configured to receive behavior information associated with a user device. The behavior information may indicate a set of geographical locations at which the user device has been present. The server may generate a mode based on the behavior information. The mode may indicate a set of conditions based on which the mode is to be activated, and a set of information to be presented when the mode is activated. The server may output the mode to the user device. The user device may determine, after receiving the mode, that the set of conditions has been satisfied. The determining may be based on a geographical location of the user device. The user device may activate the mode, based on determining that the set of conditions has been satisfied; and may present at least a portion of the set of information, based on activating the mode. | 07-03-2014 |
20140278589 | MOBILE DEVICE ESTABLISHMENT SYSTEM - A method and system and may receive an information request from a user device. An establishment list may be transmitted to the user device in response to the information request, wherein the establishment list includes at least one subscribing establishment. An establishment selection may be received and an establishment option associated with the establishment selection may then be transmitted to the user device. An option selection may then be received from the user device and an establishment record may be updated in response to the selected option, wherein the user device and the subscribing establishments have a pre-existing relationship within the establishment record. | 09-18-2014 |
20140278915 | PROVIDING PROMOTIONAL CONTENT - Systems and methods for providing promotional content are provided. Criteria defining a plurality of different activity-related modes for a user of a mobile station are stored. A message from the mobile station containing that contains information about an activity engaged in by the user is received through a mobile communication network. One of the activity-related modes for a user of a mobile station is selected upon determining that the information about the activity satisfies at least one criterion corresponding to the selected activity-related mode. Promotional content associated with the selected activity-related mode is obtained. The obtained promotional content is transmitted through the mobile communication network to the mobile station for presentation to the user. | 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 |
20140362764 | SELECTING A PARTICULAR CODEC LIST FOR CODEC NEGOTIATION - A first user device may receive a call instruction associated with a second user device; select a particular codec list from multiple codec lists stored by the first user device based on selection rule and based on receiving the call instruction; provide the particular codec list as part of a call negotiation process; and provide, using a particular codec from the particular codec list, a data flow towards the second user device via a session between the first user device and the second user device. | 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 |
20140372614 | PROVIDING PROVISIONING AND DATA FLOW TRANSMISSION SERVICES VIA A VIRTUAL TRANSMISSION SYSTEM - One or more devices, including one or more virtual elements associated with a virtual transmission system that emulates one or more physical devices of a physical transmission system, may receive provisioning information for a client device; provision the client device to prepare the client device to receive or transmit a data flow via the one or more virtual elements based on the provisioning information; receive the data flow; and transmit the data flow from the client device or to the client device via the one or more virtual elements based on provisioning the client device. The data flow may be transmitted or received via the one or more virtual elements to circumvent one or more gateways of the physical transmission system. | 12-18-2014 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
20150118995 | INTERNET PROTOCOL MULTIMEDIA SUBSYSTEM (IMS) AUTHENTICATION FOR NON-IMS SUBSCRIBERS - A call session control function (“CSCF”), of an Internet Protocol Multimedia Subsystem (“IMS”) core network, may receive a set of authentication credentials that do not include IMS authentication credentials; and may use the set of authentication credentials, which do not include IMS authentication credentials, to authenticate a user device for the IMS core network. | 04-30-2015 |
20150127940 | SECURE DISTRIBUTED INFORMATION AND PASSWORD MANAGEMENT - A method, performed by a computer device, may include receiving an indication that a first user has acquired rights to access a digital content; generating a key for the digital content; encrypting the digital content using the generated key to generate encrypted digital content; obtaining a first passcode; and providing the first passcode and the encrypted digital content to a user device associated with the first user. The method may further include receiving, from the user device, a request for the key, wherein the request include the first passcode; determining that the first passcode is valid; determining that the key has not expired; and providing the key to the user device, in response to determining that the first passcode is valid and that the key has not expired. | 05-07-2015 |
20150138989 | PERFORMANCE PATTERN CORRELATION - A method includes identifying a plurality of network components in a network topology of a data transmission network, identifying data transmission performance patterns based on at least one key performance indicator (KPI) for each of the plurality of network components, identifying at least one data transmission issue in the network, and identifying a model degraded performance pattern associated with the at least one data transmission issue. The method may also include matching the model degraded performance pattern to the data transmission performance patterns to form matched performance patterns, and identifying a root-cause component from the network components based on the matched performance pattern. | 05-21-2015 |
20150146522 | M2M DEVICE RETRY INSTRUCTION TO NON-PEAK NETWORK TIME - A network device stores back-off definitions for different service categories of machine-type communications (MTC). The network device receives a service connection request originating from a wireless terminal and identifies the service connection request as a MTC request. The network device identifies an available bandwidth capacity for at least one portion of a network associated with the MTC request and determines, when the available bandwidth is below an admission threshold capacity, an admission control level for the MTC request. The admission control level is selected from a group of different admission control levels. The network device calculates a retry interval for the MTC request based on the determined admission control level for the MTC request and the available bandwidth capacity, and sends the retry interval with a response for the MTC request. | 05-28-2015 |
20150208275 | PROVIDING QUALITY OF SERVICE BASED ON BANDWIDTH - A method for determining a Quality of Service (QoS) policy can be based on requested bandwidth. The method may initially receive a connection request which includes a requested bandwidth that corresponds to an application. The method may then determine a policy for an application data flow associated with the application based on the connection request. A bandwidth designation, which is based on the requested bandwidth, may be assigned to the application data flow based on the determined policy. Finally, the policy and the bandwidth designation may be provided so that a bearer can be assigned. | 07-23-2015 |
20150222549 | END TO END NETWORK MANAGEMENT BASED ON QUALITY OF SERVICE ADJUSTMENTS - A device may manage end-to-end traffic across a network based on adjusting Quality of Service (QoS) parameters. The device may receive performance requirements for packets corresponding to different applications and QoS levels within segments across the network, and measure performance values along the segments across the network. The device may also identify the application data flows and their associated network locations failing to meet performance values across network segments, and detect an application data flow failing to meet end-to-end (E2E) performance requirements. The device may determine network location(s) to adjust the QoS parameters of the detected application data flow, and adjust its QoS parameters at the determined network location(s) to bring the detected application data flow into compliance with its E2E performance requirements, while maintaining E2E performances compliance of other application data flows. | 08-06-2015 |
20150223060 | MEDIATION OF INFORMATION CARRIED VIA A COMMON PUBLIC RADIO INTERFACE - A device may receive first common public radio interface (CPRI) information associated with a first CPRI format. The device may determine a translation key associated with the first CPRI format. The translation key may include information associated with translating the first CPRI information to a second CPRI format. The second CPRI format may be different from the first CPRI format. The device may generate second CPRI information based on processing the first CPRI information with the translation key. The second CPRI information may be associated with the second CPRI format. The device may provide the second CPRI information associated with the second CPRI format. | 08-06-2015 |
20150245361 | SELECTING FREQUENCY FOR MULTI-BAND SMALL CELL - A device is configured to obtain interference information indicating interference levels at frequencies. The device is configured to determine a frequency for a small cell to use to communicate with a client device based on the interference information. The small cell is capable of using the frequencies to communicate and the frequency is determined from among the frequencies. The device is further configured to provide frequency information to the small cell instructing the small cell to communicate with the client device using the frequency. | 08-27-2015 |
20150249989 | DETERMINING A FREQUENCY FOR A CLIENT DEVICE TO USE TO CONNECT TO A NETWORK - A device is configured to obtain network information indicating an amount of client devices, of each device type, registered in an operator network. The device is configured to obtain client device information identifying a client device and determine a device type of the client device based on the client device information. The device is configured to determine a frequency for the client device to use to communicate with the operator network based on the device type of the client device and the amount of client devices of each of the device types registered in the operator network. The device is configured to provide an instruction to the client device to use the frequency to communicate with the operator network. | 09-03-2015 |
20150257112 | BEACON DEVICE FOR CONTROLLING SIGNAL STRENGTHS IN TARGET LOCATIONS - A device is configured to store target location information indicating an acceptable signal strength at a target location. The device may receive a signal emitted from a base station. The signal may be received at the target location. The device may measure the signal strength of the signal at the target location. The device may transmit a signal strength message including information based on the signal strength. The signal strength message may cause the base station to adjust a power with which signals are emitted from the base station such that the signals satisfy the acceptable signal strength at the target location. | 09-10-2015 |
20150262244 | CUSTOMIZABLE USER PREFERENCE INFORMATION FOR USER DEVICES - A user device receives, from a device associated with a vendor, a request for user preferences associated with a user of the user device. The user preferences are stored in a memory associated with the user device. The user device authenticates the vendor, and determines particular user preferences, from the user preferences, that are relevant to the vendor. The device approves the request for the user preferences when the vendor is authenticated. The device retrieves the particular user preferences from the memory based on the approval of the request for the user preferences, and provides the particular user preferences to the device. The particular user preferences are used to determine products, services, or content, of the vendor, to offer to the user. | 09-17-2015 |
20150264709 | CONTROLLING CONNECTION TO AN ACCESS NETWORK BY MACHINE-TO-MACHINE DEVICES - A device receives a pilot channel from an access network, without connecting to the access network. The pilot channel includes information identifying an actual usage associated with the access network. The device determines whether the actual usage of the access network is greater than a particular usage associated with the access network, and selectively connects to the access network based on whether the actual usage of the access network is greater than the particular usage. The device connects to the access network, to provide data to a core network, when the actual usage of the access network is not greater than the particular usage. The device does not connect to the access network when the actual usage of the access network is greater than the particular usage. | 09-17-2015 |
20150350453 | DETERMINING COMPENSATION FOR USE OF A SHARED FREQUENCY IN MULTIPLE JURISDICTIONS - One or more devices may be configured to store jurisdiction information that associates each of a plurality of base stations with at least one jurisdiction. The one or more devices may establish a session, between a first base station and a user device, that uses a frequency. The one or more device may record handover information based on the first base station handing over the session to a second base station. The handover information may indicate an amount of data used while the session is hosted by the first base station. The one or more devices may determine a particular jurisdiction associated with the first base station based on the jurisdiction information. The one or more devices may cause a particular rights holder to be compensated for use of the frequency based on the amount of data used while the session is hosted by the first base station. | 12-03-2015 |