Back to results
US 2015/0085660 A1Published application
Link speed fluctuation reduction
AssigneeNokia Solutions and Networks Oy
InventorsJohn Harris, Philipp Frank
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
Loading patent…
Loading patent…
AssigneeNokia Solutions and Networks Oy
InventorsJohn Harris, Philipp Frank
Estimating the term…
Link speed fluctuation reduction can be useful in a variety of communication systems. Such smoothing may have various benefits and may be achieved in various ways. For example, a policy and charging rules function can be leveraged to avoid repeated transfers of a same section of over-the-top video. A method can include detecting, for a link, a link traffic condition above a predetermined threshold. The method can also include estimating link speed to obtain an initial link speed value. When the detected link traffic condition is above a predetermined threshold, the method can further include limiting fluctuation of the link speed to within a threshold amount of the initial link speed value. The method can additionally include periodically re-estimating the recently achieved link speed as an updated link speed value and limiting the fluctuation based on the updated link speed value.
A method, comprising:
An apparatus, comprising:
-28. (canceled)
An apparatus, comprising:
-44. (canceled)
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.