United States Patent 7,583,970
Cave September 1, 2009
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Signaling connection admission control in a wireless network
Abstract
A method for admission control of control plane signaling requests includes receiving a signaling request. Upon receipt of the signaling connection request, a first determination is performed to determine whether to provide admission to common resources. When the first determination is negative, a second determination is performed to determine whether to provide admission to dedicated resources. When the second determination is negative, the signaling request is rejected. When the second determination is positive, the request is admitted to dedicated resources. When the first determination is positive, a third determination is performed to determine whether the quality of the signaling request is high or low. If the quality of the request is high, the signaling request is admitted to common resources. When the quality is low, a fourth determination is performed to determine whether to provide admission to dedicated resources. If the fourth determination is positive, the request is admitted to dedicated resources. If the fourth determination is negative, the request is admitted to common resources.
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Inventors: Cave; Christopher (Candiac, CA)
Assignee: InterDigital Technology Corporation (Wilmington, DE)
Appl. No.: 11/974,380
Filed: October 12, 2007
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Current U.S. Class: 455/450 ; 370/329; 455/452.1; 455/452.2; 455/453; 455/509
Current International Class: H04B 7/00 (20060101)
Field of Search: 455/450-453,509-510,515-517 370/329,347-349,522,524,437,335,342,352
