Patent ID: 8345616
Filing Date: 2013-01-01
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: receiving a request to send an outgoing communication from a mobile device; determining whether a signal quality of the mobile device with respect to one or more cell towers is above a predetermined threshold; in an instance when the signal quality of the mobile device with respect to the one or more cell towers is less than the predetermined threshold, predicting a future time at which the signal quality of the mobile device with respect to the one or more cell towers will be above the predetermined threshold, the predicting being based on a current location of the mobile device, a speed of the mobile device, a direction of the mobile device, a signal quality profile for an area in which the mobile device is located, or combinations thereof; and scheduling the outgoing communication from the mobile device at the future time when the signal quality of the mobile device with respect to the one or more cell towers is predicted to be above the predetermined threshold.