Patent ID: 8818392

Claim:
A computer usable program product comprising a computer usable storage device including computer usable code for mobile data transmission, the computer usable code comprising: computer usable code for receiving a request for data from a mobile device; computer usable code for determining, using a processor and a memory, whether a data transmission over a mobile data communication network in response to the request can be delayed, forming a time-shifting determination; computer usable code for determining, responsive to the time-shifting determination being affirmative, a delayed schedule for the data transmission in response to the request such that the data transmission is completed by a deadline, wherein determining the delayed schedule further comprises: computer usable code for determining a probability density function (PDF) of network load in the mobile data communication network over a period, wherein the PDF of network load is determined using historical network load data collected from a set of mobile data communication network infrastructure components; computer usable code for determining a pattern of movement (mobility pattern) of the mobile device during the period; computer usable code for computing a load threshold using the network load PDF and the mobility pattern, such that transmitting the data only when network load is below the load threshold satisfies the deadline; and computer usable code for computing a rate of transmission corresponding to the load threshold, wherein the delayed schedule is based on the rate of transmission; and computer usable code for transmitting over the mobile data communication network the data according to the delayed schedule.