US 2006/0140115 A1 · Resource allocation management

Abstract

The invention relates to resource allocation in communications systems (1). In such a system (1), the pool of resources that can be provided to connected user equipment (400, 410) for usage in conducting communications services are divided into multiple resources classes. This class division is based on a characteristic allocation time of resource allocation procedures that can be applied on resources of the different classes. For each class, a resource utilization measure is determined. It is then determined, based on this measure, whether or not a resource allocation procedure associated with the current class should be triggered. This selective triggering can be realized through a comparison between the measure and a threshold associated with the current class. Both the measure determination and selective triggering are performed for a given class before continuing with a next class, preferably starting with the class having slowest resource allocation procedures.

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Dependent claims

A resource allocation method in a communications system (1) having resources, said method comprising the steps of:

dividing said resources into multiple different resource classes based on an associated characteristic allocation time,
for each resource class:
determining a resource utilization measure;
and
selecting whether or not to trigger resource allocation based on said resource utilization measure.

2 more elements

A resource allocation method in a communications system (1), said method comprising the steps of:

providing a guaranteed minimum amount of resources of a first resource class and resources of a second resource class, a characteristic allocation time of said first resource class being relatively shorter than a corresponding characteristic allocation time of said second resource class;
triggering resource allocation for said second resource class;
and
temporarily allocating a first resource amount of said first resource class during progression of said resource allocation for said second resource class, said first resource amount being relatively smaller than said guaranteed minimum resource amount,
whereby a total resource utilization is temporarily reduced during said progression of said resource allocation for said second resource class.

2 more elements

A resource allocation system (100) in a communications system (1) providing a guaranteed minimum amount of resources of a first resource class and resources of a second resource class, a characteristic allocation time of said first resource class being relatively shorter than a corresponding characteristic allocation time of said second resource class, said resource allocation system (100) comprising:

means for triggering (100) resource allocation for said second resource class;
and
means for temporarily allocating (100) a first resource amount of said first resource class during progression of said resource allocation for said second resource class, said first resource amount being relatively smaller than said guaranteed minimum resource amount,
whereby a total resource utilization is temporarily reduced during said progression of said resource allocation for said second resource class.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

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Abstract

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