Patent US9936042

Local retrieving and caching of content to small cells
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US9936042

1. A method for wireless communication, comprising: (10) (3)

determining at an edge computing device an operating context of a small cell, wherein a base station of the small cell is co-located with the edge computing device;

retrieving content from a network to the edge computing device based at least in part on the operating context and on a likelihood of reusability of the content; and

storing the content at the edge computing device for subsequent access by a mobile device in the small cell.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the operating context comprises a user profile associated with the mobile device, the method further comprising: (0) (1)

3. The method of claim 1, wherein determining the operating context of the small cell comprises: (1) (1)

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising: (1) (1)

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the operating context comprises a physical location of the small cell. (0)

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the operating context comprises data relating to prior requests for the content by a second mobile device previously in the small cell. (0)

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the operating context is based at least in part on related content previously requested by the mobile device from the network via the small cell. (0)

10. The method of claim 1, wherein the content includes HyperText Transfer Protocol (HTTP) content and web page data. (0)

11. The method of claim 1, wherein (0) (2)

12. The method of claim 1, wherein the small cell is one of a picocell, a femtocell, a microcell, or a Wi-Fi access point. (0)

13. The method of claim 1, wherein the small cell comprises a wireless wide area network (WWAN) transceiver and a wireless local area network (WLAN) transceiver. (0)

14. An apparatus for wireless communication, comprising: (4) (3)

means for determining at an edge computing device an operating context of a small cell, wherein a base station of the small cell is co-located with the edge computing device;

means for retrieving content from a network to the edge computing device based at least in part on the operating context and on a likelihood of reusability of the content; and

means for storing the content at the edge computing device for subsequent access by a mobile device in the small cell.

15. The apparatus of claim 14, wherein the operating context comprises a user profile associated with the mobile device, the apparatus further comprising: (0) (1)

16. The apparatus of claim 14, wherein means for determining the operating context comprises: (0) (1)

17. The apparatus of claim 14, further comprising: (0) (1)

18. The apparatus of claim 14, further comprising: (0) (1)

19. An apparatus for wireless communication, comprising: (3) (6)

a processor;

memory in electronic communication with the processor; and

instructions stored in the memory and operable, when executed by the processor, to cause the apparatus to:

determine at an edge computing device an operating context of a small cell, wherein a base station of the small cell is co-located with the edge computing device;

retrieve content from a network to the edge computing device based at least in part on the operating context and on a likelihood of reusability of the content; and

store the content at the edge computing device for subsequent access by a mobile device in the small cell.

20. The apparatus of claim 19, wherein the operating context comprises a user profile associated with the mobile device, and wherein instructions stored in the memory and operable, when executed by the processor, further cause the apparatus to: (0) (1)

21. The apparatus of claim 19, wherein instructions stored in the memory and operable, when executed by the processor, further cause the apparatus to: (0) (1)

22. The apparatus of claim 19, wherein instructions stored in the memory and operable, when executed by the processor, further cause the apparatus to: (0) (1)

23. A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing code for wireless communication, the code comprising instructions executable to: (3) (3)

determine at an edge computing device an operating context of a small cell, wherein a base station of the small cell is co-located with the edge computing device;

retrieve content from a network to the edge computing device based at least in part on the operating context and on a likelihood of reusability of the content; and

store the content at the edge computing device for subsequent access by a mobile device in the small cell.

24. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 23, wherein the operating context comprises a user profile associated with the mobile device, the code further comprising instructions executable to: (0) (1)

25. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 23, the code further comprising instructions executable to: (0) (1)

26. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 23, the code further comprising instructions executable to: (0) (1)

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