Patent ID: 8964549
Filing Date: 2015-02-24
Classification: H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method for managing communication of a wireless device with a wireless communication system, the method comprising: a. evaluating a network traffic level based partially or fully upon signals associated with communications in the wireless communication system, said signals associated with communications involving devices other than the wireless device, wherein said signals are monitored and evaluated using the wireless device, wherein the network traffic level represents a total amount of signaling traffic caused by wireless communication devices within the wireless communication system relative to an amount of traffic sustainable by the wireless communication system; and b. selectively transmitting delay-tolerant data from the wireless device based upon the network traffic level by transmitting said delay-tolerant data when the network traffic level is below a predetermined threshold and refraining from transmitting said delay-tolerant data when the network traffic level is above the predetermined threshold; wherein evaluating the network traffic level is based partially or fully on an indirect measurement of radio power made independently by the wireless device, the indirect measurement comprising performing a first measurement of radio power associated with a first set of one or more channels of the wireless communication system and inferring radio power associated with a second set of one or more channels of the wireless communication system based on the first measurement of radio power.