Methods and systems for augmenting network sites

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12200568-B1
Application number	US-202117365760-A
Country	US
Kind code	B1
Filing date	Jul 1, 2021
Priority date	Jul 1, 2021
Publication date	Jan 14, 2025
Grant date	Jan 14, 2025

Abstract

Methods and systems for determining an outage of the wireless communication services in an area are discussed herein. A method according to an implementation comprises determining a set of nodes providing wireless services; augmenting one or more capacities of at least one of the set of nodes; receiving, from a mobile device, a request for a data service associated with a throughput that meets or exceeds a threshold level; determining, based at least in part on a proximity of the mobile device, at least one candidate node from the set of nodes; sending, to the mobile device, an instruction that routes the mobile device to the at least one candidate node to receive the data service.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method comprising:
determining a set of nodes providing wireless services, wherein the nodes of the set of nodes are data stations having one or more augmented capacities for data transfer;
receiving, from a vehicle, a request for a data service associated with a throughput that meets or exceeds a threshold level, wherein the request for the data service is a request to offload telemetry or receive driving instructions;
analyzing, by the vehicle, data collected by one or more sensors of the vehicle;
determining a priority level of the data service based on at least a portion of the collected data that is associated with the data service;
determining, based at least in part on a proximity of the vehicle and the priority level, at least one candidate node from the set of nodes; and
sending, to the vehicle, an instruction to route the vehicle to the at least one candidate node to receive the data service, wherein the instruction includes location information of the candidate node.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the one or more augmented capacities include at least one of a radio frequency (RF) capacity, a backhaul capacity, or a computing capacity.

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein the one or more augmented capacities include
an edge computing capacity.

4. The method of claim 2 , wherein the one or more augmented capacities include
a capacity to use a millimeter-wave (mmWave) spectrum.

5. The method of claim 2 , wherein the one or more augmented capacities include
a fiber backhaul.

6. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
obtaining scheduling information of the set of nodes; and
determining, based at least in part on the scheduling information, the at least one candidate node from the set of nodes.

7. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
implementing information related to the set of nodes in a map application of the vehicle; and
navigating, via the map application, the vehicle to the at least one candidate node according to the instruction.

8. A system comprising:
a processor, and
a memory storing instructions executed by the processor to perform operations including:
determining a set of nodes providing wireless services, wherein the nodes of the set of nodes are data stations having one or more augmented capacities for data transfer;
receiving, from a vehicle, a request for a data service associated with a throughput that meets or exceeds a threshold level, wherein the request for the data service is a request to offload telemetry or receive driving instructions;
analyzing, by the vehicle, data collected by one or more sensors of the vehicle;
determining a priority level of the data service based on at least a portion of the collected data that is associated with the data service;
determining, based at least in part on a proximity of the vehicle and the priority level, at least one candidate node from the set of nodes; and
sending, to the vehicle, an instruction to route the vehicle to the at least one candidate node to receive the data service, wherein the instruction includes location information of the candidate node.

9. The system of claim 8 , wherein the one or more augmented capacities include at least one of a radio frequency (RF) capacity, a backhaul capacity, or a computing capacity.

10. The system of claim 9 , wherein the one or more augmented capacities include
an edge computing capacity.

11. The system of claim 9 , wherein the one or more augmented capacities include
a capacity to use a millimeter-wave (mmWave) spectrum.

12. The system of claim 9 , wherein the one or more augmented capacities include
a fiber backhaul.

13. The system of claim 8 , wherein the operations further comprise:
obtaining scheduling information of the set of nodes; and
determining, based at least in part on the scheduling information, the at least one candidate node from the set of nodes.

14. The system of claim 8 , wherein the operations further comprise:
implementing information related to the set of nodes in a map application of the vehicle; and
navigating, via the map application, the vehicle to the at least one candidate node according to the instruction.

15. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing computer-readable instructions, that when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform actions comprising:
determining a set of nodes providing wireless services, wherein the nodes of the set of nodes are data stations having one or more augmented capacities for data transfer;
receiving, from a vehicle, a request for a data service associated with a throughput that meets or exceeds a threshold level, wherein the request for the data service is a request to offload telemetry or receive driving instructions;
analyzing, by the vehicle, data collected by one or more sensors of the vehicle;
determining a priority level of the data service based on at least a portion of the collected data that is associated with the data service including at least one of telemetry data, environmental data, or image data;
determining, based at least in part on a proximity of the vehicle and the priority level, at least one candidate node from the set of nodes; and
sending, to the vehicle, an instruction to route the vehicle to the at least one candidate node to receive the data service, wherein the instruction includes location information of the candidate node.

16. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 15 , wherein augmenting the one or more augmented capacities include
an edge computing capacity.

17. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 15 , wherein the one or more augmented capacities include
a capacity to use a millimeter-wave (mmWave) spectrum.

18. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 15 , wherein the one or more augmented capacities include
a fiber backhaul.

19. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 15 , wherein the actions further comprise:
obtaining scheduling information of the set of nodes; and
determining, based at least in part on the scheduling information, the at least one candidate node from the set of nodes.

20. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 15 , wherein the actions further comprise:
implementing information related to the set of nodes in a map application of the vehicle; and
navigating, via the map application, the vehicle to the at least one candidate node according to the instruction.

Assignees

• T Mobile Usa Inc

Inventors

• Byrne Cameron

Classifications

• G01C21/3617

  using user history, behaviour, conditions or preferences, e.g. predicted or inferred from previous use or current movement · CPC title

• H04W40/20

  based on geographic position or location · CPC title

• H04W4/50

  Service provisioning or reconfiguring · CPC title

• H04W88/08

  Access point devices · CPC title

• H04W4/024 Primary

  Guidance services · CPC title