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Congestion control in a wireless communication network

US8693329B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateJun 24, 2008
Grant dateApr 8, 2014
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Expiry dateDec 16, 2028

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04W28/0247
  • WIPO fieldDigital communication
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

The present invention is related to a method, base station (RBS) and computer program for quickly recovering from a detected congestion over the air interface. First the current bitrate at the which the air interface congestion has been detected is stored as a new reference bitrate. Thereafter, the base station (RBS) requests a reduction of the bitrate associated with the air interface. When the congestion condition has subsided the base station (RBS) requests a boost of the bitrate associated with the air interface up to the stored new reference bitrate. When finally the new reference bitrate has been reached, the base station (RBS) requests a linear increase of the bitrate associated with the air interface.

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