App-aware bandwidth prioritization layer for mobile networks
This technology enables mobile devices to intelligently compete for wireless network bandwidth using a bidding system. Each device continuously monitors how its apps are actually using data in real time, then mathematically characterizes each app's urgency — treating video calls differently from background downloads, for example — and combines these into a single bid that represents the device's overall data needs. A central network element collects bids from all devices and allocates bandwidth based on this competitive process, then uses traffic shaping to enforce the result. The net effect is that scarce wireless spectrum gets distributed more efficiently, with time-sensitive apps prioritized appropriately across all users.
What you could build
A software layer embedded in mobile operating systems and network management platforms that automates intelligent bandwidth bidding; primary buyers would be mobile network operators and enterprise network equipment vendors seeking better QoS without manual configuration.
Who in Virginia should care
Northern Virginia telecom infrastructure companies, federal network operators, and defense communications contractors managing large device fleets would have interest in intelligent wireless resource allocation.
Readiness: Lab validated
Concept — described but not yet demonstrated. Lab validated — supported by experimental results in the patent. Prototype likely — the text describes a built, working embodiment.
Readiness is inferred from the patent text, not from a lab visit.
The record
- Inventors
- Ashwin Amanna III, Joseph Mitola III, Thomas Charles Clancy III, Jeffrey H. Reed, Robert W. McGwier, Seth Hitefield, Andrew Pham, Sergio Bernales, Michael Fowler
- Granted
- July 12, 2016
- Status
- Granted patent
- Patent number
- 9391749
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