CDMA device with automatic bit rate allocation
AssigneeQuest Communications International, Inc.
InventorsThomas Schwengler, Brian Louis Arend
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Abstract
CDMA transmitter device including bit rate control logic that dynamically adjusts bit rates allocated to new incoming calls and currently active calls based on the current power level of the transmitter device and a call priority for the currently active calls and the incoming calls. The bit rate control logic uses the current power level of the transmitter device and the call priority to allocate lower bit rates to lower priority calls and higher bit rates to higher priority calls to maintain operation of the transmitter device at or below a maximum operating power level.
Claims36
A method for Code Division Multiple Access (“CDMA”) call processing, the method comprising:
- determining a current power level of a CDMA base station based on a number of currently active calls in the base station;
- receiving a new incoming call in the base station;
- determining a call priority for the new incoming call based on a class of service for the new incoming call;
- and
- automatically allocating a bit rate to the new incoming call based on the current power level of the base station and the call priority for the new incoming call.
A Code Division Multiple Access (“CDMA”) base station configured to exchange communications between a plurality of CDMA user devices and a communication network, the CDMA device comprising:
- base station control logic to determine the current power level of the base station based on a number of currently active calls in the base station;
- call priority logic to determine a call priority for new incoming calls based on a class of service for the new incoming call;
- and
- bit rate allocation logic to automatically allocate bit rates to the new incoming calls based on the current power level and the call priority for the new incoming calls.
A software product for use in operating a Code Division Multiple Access (“CDMA”) device, the product comprising:
- base station control instructions operational when executed on a processor to direct the processor to determine the current power level of the base station based on a number of currently active calls in the base station;
- call priority instructions operational when executed by the processor to determine a call priority for new incoming calls based on a class of service for the new incoming calls;
- bit rate allocation instructions operational when executed by the processor to automatically allocate bit rates to the new incoming calls based on the current power level and the call priority for the new incoming calls;
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- a storage medium operational to store the bit rate control instructions, the call priority instructions, and the bit rate allocation instructions.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.