Reliable quality of service (QoS) provisioning using adaptive class-based contention periods
US7684333B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | Jul 28, 2005 |
| Grant date | Mar 23, 2010 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 6, 2027 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L5/0064
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A method and system for allocating bandwidth of a wireless channel to different types of traffic includes partitioning the bandwidth of the wireless channel into a plurality of contention periods. Traffic flows are associated with access categories, and one or more of the access categories are assigned to each contention period. During at least one of the contention periods, traffic flows associated with a proper subset of the access categories contend for access to the wireless channel.
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