Systems and methods for reducing congestion in a wireless network
US8537731B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 26, 2010 |
| Grant date | Sep 17, 2013 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 14, 2032 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04W28/10
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A system and method are described for reducing congestion in a wireless network. A wireless base station becomes congested when substantially all of the available base station airlink resources are being used during a period of time. It is useful, however, to distinguish between periods of congestion with few users and periods where a larger number of users are using the base station. When there are few users a congestion situation is not necessarily a problem, while it is more likely that users' quality of experience and quality of service suffers as the number of users increases. This system and method determines when a base station is congested and implements a congestion prime management scenario when the number of active users is above an activity threshold.
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