LOCATION-ASSISTED SERVICE CAPABILITY MONITORING

摘要

A digitally stored map can indicate the signal quality for each of the map's regions. A device can determine its location, speed, and direction using global positioning system (GPS) and other sensors. Based on this information, the mobile device can predict a field of locations within which the device will probably be located within a specified future time frame. Based on both the information indicating signal quality and the probable future field of locations, the device can estimate a moment at which the device will probably begin to suffer from low-quality or absent signal. Using this prediction, the device can proactively perform a variety of anticipatory remedial actions. For example, the device can begin allocating a greater portion of currently available wireless network communication bandwidth to the reception of data packets that represent content that is being streamed to the device, so that the device can proactively buffer those packets.

主权项

1. A computer-readable memory storing instructions which, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform:
receiving, at a server, from two or more mobile devices of a plurality of mobile devices, measurements that indicate qualities of network communication signals within one or more regions of a plurality of regions; and based on the measurements, updating, at the server, stored map data that specifies, for each particular region of the plurality of regions, a quality of a network communication signal within that particular region.