Overload control for a central processor in the switching network of a mobile communications system
US5548533A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Oct 7, 1994 |
| Grant date | Aug 20, 1996 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 7, 2014 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04W92/04
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
An overload control for a central processor in the switching network of a mobile radio system. The central processor may be part of a Mobile services Switching Center (MSC). Congestion reports, based on the delay experienced by messages awaiting processing at the central processor, are broadcast to peripheral processors. The peripheral processors may be located in the MSC at interfaces of the MSC to other network elements such as base stations, the PSTN, other MSCs. Peripheral processors maintain variable message origination thresholds responsive to the congestion reports.
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