Application-proxy support over a wireless link

摘要

Application proxy support over a wireless link between a mobile device and a wireless node is disclosed. Application proxy support is configured to conserve energy and resources and is configured to mitigate delays in a communication environment. Application proxy support can be associated with a wireless node, such as a femto cell, which can provide a coarse-grain wireless application proxy support that can utilize various criteria to buffer data and determine how long to delay delivery of data. Femto cell can provide a fine-grain wireless application proxy that runs application proxies for each mobile device for one or more applications associated with mobile device. The proxy can determine whether to buffer and forward received data to mobile device. The wireless application proxy can respond to network on behalf of mobile device. The proxy can wake up mobile device upon arrival of a significant event associated with a proxied application.

主权项

1. A method used in a communications environment at a wireless node, comprising:
supporting communications for a mobile device with a wireless wide area network; and providing application proxy support at the wireless node for a subset of applications running on the mobile device, wherein providing application proxy support includes transmitting a message to the mobile device instructing the mobile device to operate in a low energy consumption mode until a synchronization event occurs between the wireless node and the mobile device, and wherein providing application proxy support further includes:
buffering a plurality of data sets, for respective different applications from the subset of applications running on the mobile device, from the wireless wide area network intended for the mobile device, andfor each of the buffered plurality of data sets, causing the mobile device to wake-up after a corresponding delay associated with a respective one of the different applications from the subset of applications running on the mobile device that is based, at least in part, on delay tolerance and bandwidth requirements associated with the respective one of the different applications from the subset of applications running on the mobile device such that a first wakeup delay for a first application from the subset of applications running on the mobile device is different from a second wakeup delay for a second, different, application from the subset of applications running on the mobile device, transmitting the respective each of the buffered plurality of data sets to the awakened mobile device, and instructing the mobile device to transition to the low energy consumption mode after transmission of the each of the buffered plurality of data sets; wherein the wireless node is accessible to the mobile device over a first wireless link.