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Method for managing varying traffic loads in a telecommunication network

US6549515B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateJul 12, 1999
Grant dateApr 15, 2003
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Expiry dateJul 12, 2019

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04L41/00
  • WIPO fieldDigital communication
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

In a telecommunication network, a method for managing varying traffic load by establishing an instantaneous demand for bandwidth at a pre-defined location of the telecommunication network. The total number of bits required is compared with a number of bits available for use in that pre-defined location, and a bit rate adjusting mechanism is applied to each one of the algorithms associated with an active channels when required. The bit adjusting mechanism is based on pre-defined functions that describe the number of bits that will be allocated for each active algorithm under varying loads of the network. Thus, the bit adjusting mechanism allow the adjustment of the number of bits for each one the network channels, obeying to the constrain that the total number of bits allocated to all channels shall not exceed the total number of bits available.

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