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Method and apparatus for controlling radio link capacity in a communication system

US6198937A · kind A · utility

17Cited by
12References
24Claims
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Filing dateApr 22, 1999
Grant dateMar 6, 2001
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Expiry dateApr 22, 2019

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04W52/346
  • WIPO fieldDigital communication
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A method and apparatus is provided that includes equipment for controlling radio link capacity of each of the plurality of compatible radio transmission technologies (112), and equipment (113) for controlling the equipment for controlling radio link capacity of each of the plurality of compatible radio transmission technologies (112) based on a quality metric report (114) that includes information about a quality of radio link between at least one of a plurality of mobile stations and a base station, which provide a global control that effects the way independent equipment (110) and (111) control radio link capacities of their respective transmission technologies.

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