Facilitating application and/or traffic status aware intelligent carrier aggregation in advanced networks

Abstract

Facilitating application and/or traffic status aware intelligent carrier aggregation in advanced networks is provided herein. Operations of a method can comprise analyzing a traffic usage parameter of a mobile device and, based on a first determination that the traffic usage parameter consumes more uplink resources than downlink resources, configuring, the mobile device with an uplink carrier aggregation based on a first maximization of the uplink carrier aggregation and, thereafter, configuring the mobile device with an allowable downlink carrier aggregation. Alternatively, based on a second determination that the traffic usage parameter consumes more downlink resources than uplink resources, configuring the mobile device with a downlink carrier aggregation based on a second maximization of the downlink carrier aggregation and, thereafter, configuring the mobile device with an allowable uplink carrier aggregation. The uplink carrier aggregation and the downlink carrier aggregation can be non-static carrier aggregations.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A method, comprising:
 analyzing, by network equipment comprising a processor, an application executing on a user equipment, wherein the analyzing comprises comparing a first utilization of uplink resources by the application with a second utilization of downlink resources by the application;   based on the first utilization of uplink resources being determined to be more than the second utilization of downlink resources, performing allowable downlink carrier aggregation based on prioritizing an uplink carrier aggregation; and   based on the second utilization of downlink resources being determined to be more than the first utilization of uplink resources, performing allowable uplink carrier aggregation based on prioritizing a downlink carrier aggregation.   
     
     
         2 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein performing the allowable downlink carrier aggregation based on prioritizing the uplink carrier aggregation comprises performing the allowable downlink carrier aggregation based on maximizing the uplink carrier aggregation using a combination of the downlink carrier aggregation and the uplink carrier aggregation determined to result in a data rate applicable to the executing of the application. 
     
     
         3 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein performing the allowable uplink carrier aggregation based on prioritizing the downlink carrier aggregation comprises performing the allowable uplink carrier aggregation based on maximizing the downlink carrier aggregation using a combination of the uplink carrier aggregation and the downlink carrier aggregation determined to result in a data rate applicable to the executing of the application. 
     
     
         4 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the analyzing comprises analyzing a first priority of uplink network traffic and a second priority of downlink network traffic. 
     
     
         5 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the analyzing comprises analyzing a network traffic pattern associated with network activity of the user equipment. 
     
     
         6 . The method of  claim 5 , further comprising:
 determining, by the network equipment, that the network traffic pattern is downlink centric according to a centricity criterion based on a first quantity of downlink network traffic being received at the user equipment being determined to be larger than a second quantity of uplink network traffic being sent by the user equipment.   
     
     
         7 . The method of  claim 5 , further comprising:
 determining, by the network equipment, that the network traffic pattern is uplink centric according to a centricity criterion based on a first quantity of uplink network traffic being sent by the user equipment being determined to be larger than a second quantity of downlink network traffic being received at the user equipment.   
     
     
         8 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the analyzing comprises comparing a first delay sensitivity of an uplink communication with a second delay sensitivity of a downlink communication. 
     
     
         9 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the uplink carrier aggregation and the downlink carrier aggregation are non-static carrier aggregations. 
     
     
         10 . The method of  claim 1 , further comprising:
 evaluating, by the network equipment, a first quantity of uplink network traffic and a second quantity of downlink network traffic, wherein the first quantity of uplink network traffic and the second quantity of downlink network traffic are associated with the user equipment and other user equipment within a communications network.   
     
     
         11 . A system, comprising:
 a processor; and   a memory that stores executable instructions that, when executed by the processor, facilitate performance of operations, comprising:
 analyzing an application executing via a user equipment, wherein the analyzing comprises determining a status of the user equipment, wherein the status is an uplink centric status or a downlink centric status; 
 based on the user equipment being the uplink centric status, configuring the user equipment with uplink carrier aggregation before configuring the user equipment with available downlink carrier aggregation; and 
 based on the user equipment being the downlink centric status, configuring the user equipment with downlink carrier aggregation before configuring the user equipment with available uplink carrier aggregation. 
   
     
     
         12 . The system of  claim 11 , wherein the analyzing comprises determining a first priority of uplink network traffic and a second priority of downlink network traffic. 
     
     
         13 . The system of  claim 11 , wherein the analyzing comprises comparing a first delay sensitivity of an uplink communication with a second delay sensitivity of a downlink communication. 
     
     
         14 . The system of  claim 11 , wherein the uplink carrier aggregation and the downlink carrier aggregation are non-static carrier aggregations. 
     
     
         15 . A non-transitory machine-readable medium, comprising executable instructions that, when executed by a processor, facilitate performance of operations, comprising:
 analyzing a traffic usage parameter of a user equipment, wherein the analyzing comprises evaluating an application executing on the user equipment;
 based on a first determination that the traffic usage parameter is an uplink centric usage parameter, configuring the user equipment to increase a first usage of an uplink carrier aggregation prior to configuring the user equipment with an allowable downlink carrier aggregation; and 
 based on a second determination that the traffic usage parameter is a downlink centric usage parameter, configuring the user equipment to increase a second usage of a downlink carrier aggregation prior to configuring the user equipment with an allowable uplink carrier aggregation. 
   
     
     
         16 . The non-transitory machine-readable medium of  claim 15 , wherein configuring the user equipment to increase the first usage of the uplink carrier aggregation comprises configuring the user equipment with a maximization of the uplink carrier aggregation, and wherein the first determination is based on a first utilization of uplink resources of the application being more than a second utilization of downlink resources by the application. 
     
     
         17 . The non-transitory machine-readable medium of  claim 15 , wherein configuring the user equipment to increase the second usage of the downlink carrier aggregation comprises configuring the user equipment with a maximization of the second usage of the downlink carrier aggregation and wherein the second determination is based on a first utilization of uplink resources of the application being less than a second utilization of downlink resources by the application. 
     
     
         18 . The non-transitory machine-readable medium of  claim 15 , wherein the traffic usage parameter is a first traffic usage parameter, and wherein the operations further comprise:
 analyzing a second traffic usage parameter of the user equipment after a defined interval;   based on a third determination that the second traffic usage parameter indicates a first consumption of more uplink resources than downlink resources, configuring the user equipment with the first usage of the uplink carrier aggregation; and   based on a fourth determination that the second traffic usage parameter indicates a second consumption of more of the downlink resources than the uplink resources, configuring the user equipment with the second usage of the downlink carrier aggregation.   
     
     
         19 . The non-transitory machine-readable medium of  claim 18 , wherein the uplink carrier aggregation and the downlink carrier aggregation are non-static carrier aggregations. 
     
     
         20 . The non-transitory machine-readable medium of  claim 15 , wherein the operations further comprise:
 sending a radio resource control configuration message to the user equipment, wherein the radio resource control configuration message comprises first information indicative of the uplink carrier aggregation or second information indicative of the downlink carrier aggregation.