System, method, and apparatus for service grouping of users to different speed tiers for wireless communication
US10701217B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Aug 14, 2019 |
| Grant date | Jun 30, 2020 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 14, 2039 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04W72/56
- WIPO fieldTelecommunications
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A speed tier based pricing scheme is utilized to increase average revenue per user (ARPU). To offer a speed tier based pricing scheme, the radio environment at a location of the UE can be analyzed to determine the speed tiers that can be offered to the user. In one aspect, an outer-loop scheduler can be utilized to allocate radio bearers to the UE based on a target data throughout associated with a user-selected speed tier. The priority of the non-guaranteed bit rate (GBR) bearers of the UE can be dynamically adjusted to track the target data throughput. In another aspect, a throttling function can be implemented to limit the data throughput of the UE to the target data throughput.
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