Quality of experience-based handover management
US10368284B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Apr 24, 2015 |
| Grant date | Jul 30, 2019 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 24, 2035 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04W36/08
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A telecommunication carrier may use quality of experience metrics to manage user device handovers. A handover controller may receiving a quality metric value obtained by a user device for a current base station of a carrier network. The quality metric value may measure quality of experience characteristics of an application that is in communication with the current base station. The handover controller may compare the quality metric value to a corresponding quality metric value for an adjacent base station of the carrier network. The corresponding quality metric value may measure the quality of experience characteristics of an additional application that communicated with the adjacent base station. When the corresponding quality metric value is greater than the quality metric value, the handover controller may command the user device to perform a handover that switches the user device from communicating with the current base station to communicating with the adjacent base station.
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