US 11,943,644 B2
Method and system for performance estimation of a communication link
Ramya Bhagavatula, Mountain View, CA (US); Guocong Song, Cupertino, CA (US); Kenneth J. Kerpez, Long Valley, NJ (US); and Wonjong Rhee, San Francisco, CA (US)
Assigned to ASSIA SPE, LLC, Wilmington, DE (US)
Filed by ASSIA SPE, LLC, Wilmington, DE (US)
Filed on Nov. 1, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/516,563.
Application 17/516,563 is a continuation of application No. 16/846,276, filed on Apr. 11, 2020, granted, now 11,166,181.
Application 16/846,276 is a continuation of application No. 16/516,209, filed on Jul. 18, 2019, granted, now 10,652,773, issued on May 12, 2020.
Application 16/516,209 is a continuation of application No. 14/414,435, granted, now 10,375,590, issued on Aug. 6, 2019, previously published as PCT/US2012/046810, filed on Jul. 13, 2012.
Prior Publication US 2022/0053352 A1, Feb. 17, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04W 24/08 (2009.01); H04L 43/10 (2022.01); H04L 43/12 (2022.01); H04M 3/22 (2006.01); H04M 11/06 (2006.01); H04L 41/142 (2022.01); H04L 41/16 (2022.01); H04L 43/0811 (2022.01); H04L 43/0823 (2022.01); H04L 43/0852 (2022.01); H04L 43/087 (2022.01)
CPC H04W 24/08 (2013.01) [H04L 43/10 (2013.01); H04L 43/12 (2013.01); H04M 3/2209 (2013.01); H04M 11/062 (2013.01); H04L 41/142 (2013.01); H04L 41/16 (2013.01); H04L 43/0811 (2013.01); H04L 43/0847 (2013.01); H04L 43/0852 (2013.01); H04L 43/087 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A base station comprising:
a first interface that couples to a first plurality of smartphones in accordance with an cellular standard, the first interface couples to a first smartphone within the first plurality of smartphone and facilitates an estimation of a first channel quality corresponding to a first wireless channel within a plurality of cellular wireless channels, the first channel quality is measured using first active probing and first passive probing;
a second interface that couples to a second plurality of smartphones in accordance with a Wi-Fi standard, the second interface couples to the first smartphone within the second plurality of smartphones and facilitates an estimation of a second channel quality corresponding to a Wi-Fi channel, the second channel quality is measured using second active probing and second passive probing;
an optimization center integrated within the base station, the optimization center receives second data associated with the second active probing and second passive probing, the optimization center identifies when the second channel quality falls below a threshold and transitions connectivity to the first smartphone using a third wireless channel within the plurality of cellular wireless channels.