Quality-of-service (QoS)-based association with a new network using background network scanning
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IPC분류정보
국가/구분
United States(US) Patent
등록
국제특허분류(IPC7판)
H04W-072/00
H04W-028/24
H04N-021/41
H04W-036/26
H04W-036/28
출원번호
US-0094048
(2005-03-30)
등록번호
US-9031568
(2015-05-12)
발명자
/ 주소
Karaoguz, Jeyhan
Bennett, James D.
Seshadri, Nambirajan
출원인 / 주소
Broadcom Corporation
대리인 / 주소
Brinks Gilson & Lione
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3인용 특허 :
36
초록▼
A method and device support the use of background network scanning to enable association with a first and at least a second wireless network, for the exchange of exchange of multimedia information. Representative embodiments of the present invention may sniff radio frequency spectrum and determine a
A method and device support the use of background network scanning to enable association with a first and at least a second wireless network, for the exchange of exchange of multimedia information. Representative embodiments of the present invention may sniff radio frequency spectrum and determine at least one characteristic of detected wireless networks having capacity for exchange of the multimedia information. More than one wireless network may be identified for use in exchanging the multimedia information, which may be communicated concurrently over the identified wireless networks. User defined criteria may be employed in adjusting communication of the multimedia information to meet a quality of service level desired by a user. A lack of wireless network capacity may result in adjustments to, for example, protocols used to represent multimedia information, frame rate, and spatial or color resolution, in order to maintain or enable communication.
대표청구항▼
1. A method supporting quality of service based association with a new wireless communication network using background network scanning, the method comprising: establishing communication via a first wireless network;detecting a radio frequency signal of at least a second wireless network;determining
1. A method supporting quality of service based association with a new wireless communication network using background network scanning, the method comprising: establishing communication via a first wireless network;detecting a radio frequency signal of at least a second wireless network;determining at least one characteristic of the at least a second wireless network;identifying a network capacity among the first wireless network and the at least a second wireless network such that an aggregate network capacity of the first wireless network and the second wireless network is sufficient to support an exchange of multimedia information;communicating the multimedia information using the aggregate network capacity; andupon detecting insufficient network capacity for the exchange of the multimedia information, adjusting communication of multimedia information according to at least one user-defined quality of service parameter. 2. The method according to claim 1 wherein the first and the at least a second wireless network comprise one of: a wireless wide area network, a wireless local area network, or a personal area network. 3. The method according to claim 2 wherein the wireless local area network comprises one of: an Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) 802.11 protocol or an IEEE 802.15.3a protocol. 4. The method according to claim 1 wherein the at least one characteristic comprises one of: a radio frequency, an air interface protocol, a bandwidth, or a parameter used for network access. 5. The method according to claim 4 wherein the air interface protocol comprises one of: a time division multiple access (TOMA) protocol or a code division multiple access (COMA) protocol. 6. The method according to claim 1 wherein multimedia information comprises one of: streaming video, broadcast video, voice, digital data, text, digitized audio, digitized still images, digitized video, or digitized music. 7. The method according to claim 1 wherein adjusting communication of multimedia information comprises identifying additional network capacity for the exchange of the multimedia information, from third wireless network. 8. The method according to claim 1 wherein the aggregate network capacity comprises additional network capacity of a third wireless network. 9. The method according to claim 1 wherein the adjusting communication of multimedia information comprises one of: changing a protocol used to represent the multimedia information, transcoding the multimedia information, or changing a resolution of the multimedia information. 10. The method according to claim 1 wherein communicating multimedia information comprises concurrently communicating the multimedia information using the first wireless network and the at least one second wireless network. 11. The method according to claim 1 wherein communicating multimedia information comprises individually communicating portions of the multimedia information using each of the first wireless network and the at least a second wireless network and reassembling the multimedia information at a receiver. 12. The method according to claim 1 wherein the first wireless network and the at least a second wireless network employ different air interface protocols. 13. The method according to claim 1 wherein communicating multimedia information comprises simulcasting the multimedia information using each of the first wireless network and the at least a second wireless network and reassembling the multimedia information at a receiver. 14. A mobile access device supporting quality of service based association with a new network using background network scanning, the device comprising: at least one wireless interface capable of communicating multimedia information with a first wireless network while scanning radio frequency spectrum to detect a radio frequency signal of at least a second wireless network, wherein the first wireless network supports a first network capacity for communication of multimedia information and the at least a second wireless network supports at least a second network capacity for communication of multimedia information;storage comprising at least one user-defined criteria employed in selecting wireless networks for communication of multimedia information;software resident in memory of the device, the software executable for determining at least one characteristic of the at least a second wireless network, and for identifying network capacity among the first wireless network and the at least a second wireless network sufficient for communication of multimedia information; andthe device capable of adjusting communication of multimedia information based upon the at least one user-defined criteria and the identified network capacity, upon detecting insufficient network capacity for communication of the multimedia information. 15. The device according to claim 14 wherein the first and the at least a second wireless network comprise one of: a wireless wide area network, a wireless local area network, or a personal area network. 16. The device according to claim 15 wherein the wireless local area network comprises one of: an Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) 802.11 protocol or an IEEE 802.15.3a protocol. 17. The device according to claim 14 wherein the at least one characteristic comprises one of: a radio frequency, an air interface protocol, a bandwidth, or a parameter used for network access. 18. The device according to claim 17 wherein the air interface protocol comprises one of: a time division multiple access (TOMA) protocol or a code division multiple access (COMA) protocol. 19. The device according to claim 14 wherein adjusting communication of multimedia information comprises identifying additional network capacity for communication of the multimedia information, from the at least a second wireless network. 20. The device according to claim 19 wherein the additional network capacity is on a third wireless network. 21. The device according to claim 14 wherein communicating multimedia information comprises concurrently communicating the multimedia information using the first wireless network and the at least one second wireless network. 22. The device according to claim 14 wherein communicating multimedia information comprises individually communicating portions of the multimedia information using each of the first wireless network and the at least a second wireless network. 23. The device according to claim 14 wherein the user-defined criteria comprises reducing a quality of service parameter to limit a required network capacity for communication of the multimedia information. 24. The device according to claim 23 wherein reducing a quality of service parameter comprises decreasing a resolution of the multimedia information. 25. The device according to claim 23 wherein reducing a quality of service parameter comprises decreasing a frame rate of the multimedia information. 26. The device according to claim 23, wherein reducing the quality of service parameter is determined in response to an input queried by the device.
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