Method and apparatus for allocating bandwidth for a network
AssigneeAT&T Intellectual Property II, L.P.
InventorsDAVID HOEFLIN, Yonatan Levy, Xiaowen Mang
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Abstract
A method and apparatus for performing traffic engineering, e.g., allocating bandwidth, on a wireless access network are disclosed. For example, the method determines a number of subscriber stations (SSs) that a Base Station (BS) is capable of supporting in accordance with at least one performance objective for voice traffic, wherein the at least one performance objective for voice traffic comprises a type of codec. The method then allocates bandwidth by the base station in accordance with the number of subscriber stations that the base station is capable of supporting.
Claims20
A method for allocating a bandwidth for a network, the method comprising:
- determining, by a base station, a number of subscriber stations that the base station is capable of supporting in accordance with a performance objective for data traffic and a performance objective for voice traffic, wherein the performance objective for data traffic comprises an active factor, wherein the performance objective for voice traffic comprises a load per voice line, wherein the determining is performed using an equivalent bandwidth model;
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- allocating, by the base station, the bandwidth in accordance with the number of subscriber stations that the base station is capable of supporting.
A tangible computer-readable storage medium storing a plurality of instructions which, when executed by a processor of a base station, cause the processor to perform operations for allocating a bandwidth for a network, the operations comprising:
- determining a number of subscriber stations that the base station is capable of supporting in accordance with a performance objective for data traffic and a performance objective for voice traffic, wherein the performance objective for data traffic comprises an active factor, wherein the performance objective for voice traffic comprises a load per voice line,
- wherein the determining is performed using an equivalent bandwidth model;
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- allocating the bandwidth in accordance with the number of subscriber stations that the base station is capable of supporting.
An apparatus for allocating a bandwidth for a network, the apparatus comprising:
- a processor of a base station;
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- a computer-readable medium storing a plurality of instructions which, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform operations, the operations comprising:
- determining a number of subscriber stations that the base station is capable of supporting in accordance with a performance objective for data traffic and a performance objective for voice traffic, wherein the performance objective for data traffic comprises an active factor, wherein the performance objective for voice traffic comprises a load per voice line, wherein the determining is performed using an equivalent bandwidth model;
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- allocating the bandwidth in accordance with the number of subscriber stations that the base station is capable of supporting.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.