Apparatus and methods for client server interaction in hybrid network environments

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9973942-B2
Application number	US-201213475482-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 18, 2012
Priority date	May 20, 2011
Publication date	May 15, 2018
Grant date	May 15, 2018

Abstract

Methods and apparatus for modifying network management for hybrid operation. In one embodiment, the networks include an LTE network and a CDMA 1× network, and a mobile device can place CDMA 1× voice calls while registered with the LTE network. However, since the mobile device cannot simultaneously measure information for the LTE network while connected to the CDMA 1× networks, the mobile device modifies measurements and behaviors reported to the LTE network. In one implementation, the mobile device accounts for the time switched away from the LTE network in one or more subsequent reports thereto.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An apparatus configured to modify radio measurements during hybrid operation, comprising:
one or more wireless interfaces;
one or more processor elements;
a switching element, the switching element configured to connect the one or more wireless interfaces to the one or more processor elements; and
a non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising at least one computer program, the at least one computer program configured to, when executed by at least one of the one or more processor elements:
connect at least a first processor of the one or more processor elements to a first interface of the one or more wireless interfaces;
provide to the first interface at least one of incorrect transmission capability or incorrect reception quality parameters selected to discourage assignment of network resources to the apparatus;
switch the at least first processor to a second interface of the one or more wireless interfaces after providing the at least one of incorrect transmission capability or incorrect reception quality parameters; and
track one or more context information associated with the first interface while switched to the second interface.

2. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the at least one computer program is further configured to, when executed:
switch the at least first processor back to the first interface of the one or more wireless interfaces; and
augment at least one radio measurement with the tracked one or more context information.

3. The apparatus of claim 2 , where the first interface comprises a data-only network.

4. The apparatus of claim 3 , where the one or more context information comprises a duration of switched operation.

5. The apparatus of claim 4 , where the at least one radio measurement is adjusted based on the duration, and the first interface comprises a Long Term Evolution (LTE) compliant radio transceiver.

6. A method for modifying one or more measurements based on intermittent operation, comprising:
by a user equipment (UE) apparatus:
providing to a first network at least one of incorrect transmission capability or incorrect reception quality parameters selected to discourage assignment of network resources to the UE apparatus;
switching away from a first network for a duration, wherein the switching occurs after the providing the at least one of incorrect transmission capability or incorrect reception quality parameters;
tracking one or more context information associated with the first network for the duration;
resuming operation to the first network;
adjusting at least one measurement according to the one or more context information; and
reporting the adjusted at least one measurement to the first network.

7. The method of claim 6 , further comprising tuning to a second network during the duration.

8. The method of claim 7 , where the first network is a data-only network.

9. The method of claim 8 , where the switching away is based on a user-initiated voice call.

10. The method of claim 8 , where the switching away is based on a paging schedule of the second network.

11. A method for modifying network management for hybrid operation on at least a first network and a second network, comprising:
by an apparatus:
providing to the first network at least one of incorrect transmission capability or incorrect reception quality parameters selected to discourage assignment of network resources to the apparatus;
suspending one or more first operations associated with the first network, after the providing the at least one of incorrect transmission capability or incorrect reception quality parameters;
maintaining one or more context information associated with the first network during the suspension; and
modifying one or more network management parameters based at least in part on the maintained one or more context information.

12. The method of claim 11 , further comprising during the suspension of the first network, enabling one or more second operations associated with a second network.

13. The method of claim 12 , further comprising responsive to a timer expiration, resuming one or more first operations with the first network and disabling one or more second operations associated with the second network.

14. The method of claim 11 , further comprising augmenting one or more context information of the first network with at least one or more updated context information tracked during the suspension.

15. The method of claim 11 , wherein the one or more context information comprises cell selection data.

16. The method of claim 11 , wherein the one or more context information comprises system information block (SIB) information.

17. The method of claim 11 , wherein the one or more context information comprises a history of radio link monitoring information.

18. The method of claim 11 , wherein the one or more context information comprises a number of discontinuous reception (DRX) attempts.

19. The method of claim 11 , where the first network is a data-only network.

20. The method of claim 19 , where the first network is a Long Term Evolution (LTE) network.

Assignees

• Su Li
• Shi Jr Jianxiong
• Chaudhary Madhusudan
• Xing Longda
• Apple Inc

Inventors

• Su Li
• Shi Jr Jianxiong
• Chaudhary Madhusudan
• Xing Longda

Classifications

• H04W48/18 Primary

  Selecting a network or a communication service · CPC title

• H04W88/06

  adapted for operation in multiple networks {or having at least two operational modes}, e.g. multi-mode terminals · CPC title

• H04W76/048

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H04W48/16

  Discovering, processing access restriction or access information · CPC title

• H04W56/0045

  compensating for timing error by altering transmission time · CPC title