Patent ID: 8644154

Claim:
A method of operating a communication system, comprising: communicating content, using a first throughput, with a wireless device; determining a predicted location for the wireless device; determining a predicted throughput at the predicted location, wherein the predicted throughput is determined based on the predicted location, a predicted backhaul throughput, a predicted access services network gateway throughput, a predicted carrier to interference and noise ratio (CINR) that the wireless device will be using at the predicted location, and a predicted modulation and coding scheme (MCS) that the wireless device will be using at the predicted location; based on the predicted throughput, increasing or decreasing the first throughput to a second throughput at which the content is communicated before the wireless device reaches the predicted location; and communicating the content, using the second throughput, with the wireless device, wherein when the predicted throughput is greater than a maximum throughput required at the predicted location, the second throughput is greater than the maximum throughput.