System and method for managing data throughput of wireless devices in a wireless network
摘要
說(shuō)明書
In some embodiments, the adjustment, at step 430, made to the operating parameter of the antenna (e.g., antenna array 315) may force at least one of the plurality of wireless devices currently in the wireless network and using the first communication protocol to cease operating in the wireless network using the first communication protocol. For example, wireless devices located at a further distance from the access node (e.g., access node 310) or communication tower, particularly those that may be considered in the cell edge of the cell or sector (e.g. sector 317) may suffer some communication performance degradation as described earlier. Other wireless devices located closer to the access node or communication tower, particularly those that may be considered in the cell center of the cell or sector may see little or no change in communication performance. As a result of the communication performance degradation suffered by one or more of the wireless devices located in the cell edge, some services, such as high definition video streaming services, may not be able to be properly used. Those wireless devices may continue communicating in the wireless network using another communication protocol (e.g., 4G) if access is already established or request to join the wireless network using another communication protocol. Those wireless devices may instead request a handover to another wireless network being service by a cell or sector (not shown) that is adjacent to the current cell or sector (e.g., sector 317) based on the location of that wireless device and proximity to adjacent sectors.
