Intelligent air-interface congestion manager

摘要

A system and method for intelligently managing wireless congestion in a wireless telecommunications network is provided. An ad-hoc device relay is built to communicate data from a mobile device in a congested coverage area to a base station in an uncongested coverage area. Embodiments of the invention optimize the relay through careful device selection and management.

主权项

1. A method for conserving bandwidth in a radio access network, the method comprising:
determining that a first base station's allocated spectrum usage exceeds a congestion threshold, wherein the congestion threshold is set as a percentage of allocated spectrum, and wherein exceeding the congestion threshold indicates at least one coverage area associated with the first base station is congested; determining that a second base station's allocated spectrum usage is below the congestion threshold, wherein such determination indicates at least one coverage area associated with the second base station is not congested; in response to making the determinations a network-based device initiates, building an ad-hoc wireless-device relay comprising a plurality of wireless devices within the first base station's coverage area or the second base station's coverage area; and relaying data from a mobile device located within the first base station's coverage area to the second base station via the ad-hoc wireless-device relay.