US 12,273,909 B2
Methods and apparatus for data traffic prioritization in small-cell wireless systems
Volkan Sevindik, Parker, CO (US); and Haider Syed, Parker, CO (US)
Assigned to CHARTER COMMUNICATIONS OPERATING, LLC, St. Louis, MO (US)
Filed by Charter Communications Operating, LLC, St. Louis, MO (US)
Filed on Oct. 29, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/084,476.
Prior Publication US 2022/0141844 A1, May 5, 2022
Int. Cl. H04W 72/566 (2023.01); H04L 61/5007 (2022.01); H04W 72/56 (2023.01); H04W 76/12 (2018.01)
CPC H04W 72/569 (2023.01) [H04L 61/5007 (2022.05); H04W 72/56 (2023.01); H04W 76/12 (2018.02)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A computerized method for prioritizing data communications associated with a plurality of computerized client devices served by a Citizens Broadband Radios Service (CBRS) fixed wireless access (FWA) apparatus, the computerized method comprising:
obtaining, at the CBRS FWA apparatus, first data related to data traffic associated with one or more of the plurality of computerized client devices;
characterizing, by the CBRS FWA apparatus, the data traffic based at least on the obtained first data;
prioritizing, by the CBRS FWA apparatus, the data traffic based at least on the characterizing; and
wirelessly transmitting, from the CBRS FWA apparatus, second data indicative of the prioritizing to a Citizens Broadband Radios Service (CBRS)-compliant Citizens Broadband Service Device (CBSD) which is in data communication with the CBRS FWA apparatus and disposed upstream from the CBRS FWA apparatus in a network architecture;
wherein the wirelessly transmitting, from the CBRS FWA apparatus, of the second data indicative of the prioritizing to the CBRS-compliant CBSD enables the CBRS-compliant CBSD to determine (i) which data traffic type will be sent from the CBRS-compliant CBSD to the CBRS FWA apparatus first, and (ii) an allocation of an amount of data distribution for each data traffic type.