System And Method For Data Channel Management
OwnerHenry J. Kafka, Yung Choi-Groganinventors
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Abstract
In a wireless communications network, a method includes monitoring a data load associated with at least one base station in the network, determining whether a network usage of a subscriber of the network exceeds a threshold and if the subscriber's network usage exceeds the threshold, reducing a data rate available to the subscriber based at least in part on the data load thus monitored.
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In a wireless communications network, a method comprising:
- monitoring a data load associated with at least one base station in the network;
- determining whether a network usage of a subscriber of the network exceeds a threshold;
- if the subscriber's network usage exceeds the threshold, reducing a data rate available to the subscriber based at least in part on the data load thus monitored.
In a wireless cellular communications network, a method for controlling data speed comprising:
- establishing a data speed for a first user of the network;
- establishing a data speed for a second user of the network;
- monitoring a network usage of a sector of a cell of the network;
- and
- adjusting the data speed of the first user depending on whether a data usage threshold of the first user is exceeded.
A system for managing the data speed of a device attached to a network, comprising:
- a network switch including a radio access network;
- a home location register in communication with the network switch, the home location register configured to store a class of service designation for each subscriber;
- a serving GPRS support node (SGSN) in communication with the network switch, the SGSN configured to manage the data speed access of the device;
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- wherein parameters loaded in the radio access network define two data management levels for each subscriber, wherein a first data management level is based on the class of service designation and a second data management level is based on an aggregate data usage parameter and wherein the data rates for the device are based on the first and second data management level and sector loading as determined by the SGSN.
A method of determining data rates for a subscriber in a network, comprising:
- setting a priority level for applications running on a device in data communications with the network;
- and
- establishing a data rate for each application based on the priority level.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.