Communication system, communication unit and method of power saving therein
US7209750B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | May 20, 2004 |
| Grant date | Apr 24, 2007 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 20, 2024 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY02D30/70
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A communication system (200) comprises a system management function (246) for managing base-site resources and system throughput of data. The system management function (246) defines a number of resources. The system management function (236), such as a radio network controller, comprises a data throughput identification function to identify one or more bottleneck resources from a sub-set of system resources involved in the system's data throughput. A method of reducing power consumption (MIPS) in a system management function (236) and a radio network controller (236) are also provided.The identification of a bottleneck resource helps determine whether MIPS could be saved by not performing one or more QoS management algorithms, the benefit from which is reduced due to the bottleneck resource.
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