System for managing services of WiMAX base stations
| Title: | System for managing services of WiMAX base stations |
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| Patent Number: | 8,509,189 |
| Publication Date: | August 13, 2013 |
| Appl. No: | 13/029437 |
| Application Filed: | February 17, 2011 |
| Abstract: | A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a base station having a wireless transceiver operable in compliance with a Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access protocol, and a controller to manage the wireless transceiver. The controller can be operable to receive a request from a communication device to access the base station, and to direct the communication device to a second base station upon determining that granting wireless access to the communication device reduces an operating performance of the base station below an operating threshold of the base station. Additional embodiments are disclosed. |
| Inventors: | Ou, Canhui (Danville, CA, US); Petronelli, Anthony (San Jose, CA, US); Meng, Kevin (San Ramon, CA, US) |
| Assignees: | AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P. (Atlanta, GA, US) |
| Claim: | 1. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium, comprising computer instructions which, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising: receiving a request from a communication device for wireless access to a first base station selected from a plurality of base stations operable in compliance with a worldwide interoperability for microwave access protocol; determining an impact to an operating performance of the first base station by the wireless access according to a modulation level of wireless signals transmitted by the communication device; determining whether the wireless access can be handled by a second base station of the plurality of base stations, responsive to determining the impact to the operating performance of the first base station; determining whether handling the wireless access by the second base station will reduce a second operating performance of the second base station below a second operating threshold; and declining to grant the wireless access by the communication device to any base station of the plurality of base stations responsive to determining that handling the wireless access by the second base station will lower the second operating performance below the second operating threshold. |
| Claim: | 2. The non-transitory storage medium of claim 1 , comprising computer instructions which, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising handling the wireless access by the second base station responsive to determining that handling the wireless access by the second base station will not reduce the second operating performance of the second base station below the second operating threshold. |
| Claim: | 3. The non-transitory storage medium of claim 1 , comprising computer instructions wherein the declining to grant the wireless access to any base station of the plurality of base stations is further conditional on determining that no other base station of the plurality of base stations is accessible to the communication device. |
| Claim: | 4. The non-transitory storage medium of claim 1 , comprising computer instructions which, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising granting the wireless access to the first base station responsive to determining that a first operating performance of the first base station resulting from granting the wireless access to the first base station is above a first operating threshold. |
| Claim: | 5. The non-transitory storage medium of claim 1 , comprising computer instructions which, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising declining the wireless access to any of the plurality of base stations responsive to determining that providing the communication device with wireless access to the first base station reduces a first operating performance of the first base station below a first operating threshold and determining that no other base station of the plurality of base stations is accessible to the communication device. |
| Claim: | 6. The non-transitory storage medium of claim 5 , wherein the first operating threshold corresponds to one among a Quality of Service threshold and an operating metric identified in a Service Level Agreement. |
| Claim: | 7. The non-transitory storage medium of claim 1 , comprising computer instructions which, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising determining an operational impact to an operating performance of the first base station according to a change in a communication throughput of a group of communication devices utilizing communication services of the first base station. |
| Claim: | 8. The non-transitory storage medium of claim 1 , comprising computer instructions which, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising directing a communication device utilizing communication services of a corresponding one of the plurality of base stations to switch to another base station to increase an operating performance of one of the plurality of base stations. |
| Claim: | 9. The non-transitory storage medium of claim 1 , comprising computer instructions which, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising determining an impact to an operating performance of the first base station according to one of a bandwidth capacity of the first base station, a number of communication devices operating in a wireless sector of the first base station, a radio frequency modulation level of each of the communication devices operating in the wireless sector, and a combination thereof. |
| Claim: | 10. The non-transitory storage medium of claim 1 , comprising computer instructions which, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising increasing an operating performance of one of the plurality of base stations by transitioning communication device utilizing communication services of the one of the plurality of base stations to another base station. |
| Claim: | 11. A base station, comprising: a wireless transceiver operable in compliance with a worldwide interoperability for microwave access protocol; a memory to store computer instructions; and a processor coupled to the memory and the wireless transceiver, wherein the processor, responsive to executing the computer instructions, performs operations comprising: receiving a request from a communication device to access the base station; determining whether the access by the communication device reduces an operating performance of the base station below an operating threshold that corresponds to one of a quality of service threshold and an operating metric identified in a service level agreement; and declining to grant the access by the communication device to any base station of a plurality of base stations operable for wireless communications by the worldwide interoperability for microwave access protocol responsive to determining that granting the access to the communication device reduces the operating performance of the base station below the operating threshold of the base station. |
| Claim: | 12. The base station of claim 11 , wherein the processor, responsive to executing the computer instructions, performs operations comprising granting the access upon determining that the operating performance of the base station is above the operating threshold. |
| Claim: | 13. The base station of claim 11 , wherein the processor, responsive to executing the computer instructions, performs operations comprising declining the access to the base station responsive determining that granting access to the communication device to a second base station of the plurality of base stations will reduce a second operation performance of the second base station to a level below an operating threshold of the second base station. |
| Claim: | 14. The base station of claim 11 , wherein the processor, responsive to executing the computer instructions, performs operations comprising determining an impact to the operating performance of the base station of granting the access to the communication device according to one of a bandwidth capacity of the base station, a number of communication devices operating in a wireless sector of the base station, a radio frequency modulation level of each of the communication devices operating in the wireless sector, and a combination thereof. |
| Claim: | 15. A method, comprising: determining, by a system comprising a processor, whether a request for wireless access to a base station by a communication device will reduce an operating performance of the base station below an operating threshold that corresponds to one of a quality of service threshold and an operating metric identified in a service level agreement, wherein the base station is operable for wireless communications according to worldwide interoperability for microwave access protocol; and declining, by the system, to grant the wireless access by the communication device to any base station of a plurality of base stations operable for wireless communications according to the worldwide interoperability for microwave access protocol responsive to determining that granting the wireless access reduces an operating performance of the base station below an operating threshold of the base station. |
| Current U.S. Class: | 370/331 |
| Patent References Cited: | 6625132 September 2003 Boettger et al. 7848241 December 2010 Natarajan et al. 2005/0020309 January 2005 Moeglein et al. 2007/0254664 November 2007 Klotsche 2008/0139206 June 2008 Touray et al. 2012/0178450 July 2012 Kuru et al. |
| Primary Examiner: | Tran, Cong |
| Attorney, Agent or Firm: | Guntin & Gust, PLC Schnabel, Douglas |
| Accession Number: | edspgr.08509189 |
| Database: | USPTO Patent Grants |
| Language: | English |
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