Patent ID: 8631104
Filing Date: 2014-01-14
Classification: H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method of managing quality of service for a terminal connected to a present cell in a network, comprising: recording a history of movements of said terminal among at least adjacent cells for each cell in said network; performing in a processor a statistical analysis of the recorded history of movements of said terminal to produce a mobility matrix, where said mobility matrix is a two-dimensional matrix and provides, for each cell in the network, a probability, for each cell adjacent to said cell, that said terminal when connected to said cell will next move to the adjacent cell; storing the mobility matrix in a database in said network; performing a hypothesis testing of cells adjacent to said present cell based on said mobility matrix; predicting, based on the hypothesis testing, in said network a target cell to which said terminal will next move from the present cell, where the target cell is a cell adjacent to said present cell for which the probability, as provided in said mobility matrix, that said terminal will next move from the present cell to the target cell is a maximum value in the hypothesis testing; allocating network resources in said target cell for said terminal; and updating the statistical analysis when said terminal moves from the present cell to an adjacent cell in said network.