Linda Q Chau

US Patent:

8345595, Jan 1, 2013

Filed:

Aug 8, 2008

Appl. No.:

12/188467

Inventors:

Linda Huan-Chin Chau - Fremont CA, US
Kosol Jintaseranee - Sunnyvale CA, US
Jing Jong Yea - Hillsborough CA, US
Soshant Bali - Menlo Park CA, US

Assignee:

Sprint Communications Company L.P. - Overland Park KS

International Classification:

H04W 4/00

US Classification:

370328

Abstract:

What is disclosed is a communication system and method of operating a communication system, where a wireless access node configured to receive packet communications from wireless devices communicating in sectors over wireless links, and the packet communications indicate an application type. A wireless access node determines wireless device identifiers of the wireless devices and sector identifiers of the sectors and transfers the packet communications, the wireless device identifiers, and the sector identifiers. A packet processing system is configured to receive the packet communications, the wireless device identifiers, and the sector identifiers; determine the application types of the packet communications; determine sector activity profiles by way of the application types, the wireless device identifiers, and the sector identifiers; determine a quality-of-service policies based on the activity profiles; and transfer the quality-of-service policies. The wireless access node is configured to receive the quality-of-service policies and enforce a level of service to the wireless devices over the wireless links based on the quality-of-service policies.