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Method and apparatus for call admission control in CDMA mobile communication system

US5838671A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJun 18, 1996
Grant dateNov 17, 1998
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Expiry dateJun 18, 2016

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04W72/00
  • WIPO fieldDigital communication
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A call admission control scheme for a CDMA mobile communication system which can satisfy a given connection quality (blocking probability) while guaranteeing a predetermined communication quality. At each base station, a blocking probability and an outage probability of communication quality at each base station are calculated to adjust a maximum number of simultaneously connectable users at each base station according to the calculated results, and a call admission control is carried out according to the adjusted maximum number of simultaneously connectable users. A maximum number of simultaneously connectable users or an interference threshold can be determined from a first relationship between an offered traffic and a maximum number of simultaneously connectable users or an interference threshold for guaranteeing the prescribed communication quality and a second relationship between an offered traffic and a maximum number of simultaneously connectable users or an interference threshold for satisfying the prescribed blocking probability, and used for the call admission control.

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