US 12,255,941 B1
Proactive reduction of bit rate of streaming media en route to UE in response to prediction that UE will experience reduced-throughput coverage
Hemanth B. Pawar, Brambleton, VA (US); Krishna Sitaram, Chantilly, VA (US); and Shilpa K. Srinivas, Brambleton, VA (US)
Assigned to T-Mobile USA, Inc., Bellevue, WA (US)
Filed by T-Mobile USA, Inc., Bellevue, WA (US)
Filed on Jan. 21, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/648,587.
Application 17/648,587 is a continuation of application No. 16/901,316, filed on Jun. 15, 2020, granted, now 11,252,214.
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04L 65/75 (2022.01); H04W 36/00 (2009.01); H04W 36/08 (2009.01); H04L 12/18 (2006.01); H04W 84/04 (2009.01); H04W 88/06 (2009.01)
CPC H04L 65/75 (2022.05) [H04W 36/0016 (2013.01); H04W 36/00698 (2023.05); H04W 36/08 (2013.01); H04L 12/1827 (2013.01); H04W 84/042 (2013.01); H04W 88/06 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for proactively reconfiguring communication to a user equipment device (UE) in anticipation the UE experiencing a coverage-throughput reduction when the UE is receiving streaming media from a media server, the method comprising:
predicting, when the UE is receiving the streaming media from the media server, that the UE is going to experience the coverage-throughput reduction, wherein the UE experiencing the coverage-throughput reduction comprises the UE transitioning from being served with dual connectivity to being served instead with standalone connectivity, wherein the dual connectivity comprises the UE having concurrent connections on a first radio access technology (RAT) and a second RAT, and wherein the standalone connectivity is standalone first-RAT connectivity in which the UE has just a connection on the first RAT or standalone second-RAT connectivity in which the UE has just a connection on the second RAT; and
based at least in part on the predicting, proactively initiating transcoding of the streaming media to reduce a bit rate of the streaming media en route to the UE in a communication path between the media server and the UE, the initiating occurring before the UE experiences the coverage-throughput reduction so that the bit rate of the streaming media is reduced by when the UE experiences the coverage-throughput reduction.