US 12,133,115 B1
Proactive increase of bearer quality of service (QoS) in response to prediction that UE will experience reducted-throughput coverage while receiving streaming media
Hemanth B. Pawar, Brambleton, VA (US); Krishna Sitaram, Chantilly, VA (US); and Shilpa K. Srinivas, Brambleton, VA (US)
Assigned to Sprint Spectrum LLC, Bellevue, WA (US)
Filed by T-Mobile USA, Inc., Bellevue, WA (US)
Filed on Aug. 17, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/820,350.
Application 17/820,350 is a continuation of application No. 16/901,308, filed on Jun. 15, 2020, granted, now 11,457,382.
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04W 28/08 (2023.01); H04W 28/02 (2009.01); H04W 28/24 (2009.01); H04W 76/16 (2018.01)
CPC H04W 28/0942 (2020.05) [H04W 28/0257 (2013.01); H04W 28/0268 (2013.01); H04W 28/0967 (2020.05); H04W 28/24 (2013.01); H04W 76/16 (2018.02)] 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, the method comprising:
predicting, when the UE is receiving streaming media, that the UE is going to experience the coverage-throughput reduction, wherein predicting that the UE is going to experience the coverage-throughput reduction comprises predicting that the UE will transition from being served with first coverage having a first frequency bandwidth to being served instead with second coverage having a second frequency bandwidth narrower than the first frequency bandwidth; and
based at least in part on the predicting, proactively increasing a quality-of-service (QOS) level of a bearer through which the UE is receiving the streaming media, wherein the proactively increasing occurs before the UE experiences the coverage-throughput reduction so that the QoS level is increased by when the UE experiences the coverage-throughput reduction,
wherein proactively increasing the QoS level of the bearer through which the UE is receiving the streaming media comprises modifying a QoS parameter of the bearer to increase air-interface scheduling priority of the streaming media on the bearer such that a volume of data flowing on the bearer is increased.