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US 7,120,116 B2Granted
Method and apparatus for assigning packet resources of wireless local loop (WLL)
AssigneeLG Electronics Inc.
InventorJong Tak Kim
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Abstract
A call connection is supported by first receiving a call connection request. After the call connection request is received, the loads supported by a plurality of packet processors are compared. The call connection is then assigned to the packet processor having a load that is no larger than the load supported by any other of the plurality of packet processors.
Claims22
A call connection method, comprising:
- receiving a request for a call connection;
- comparing loads supported by a plurality of packet processors;
- and
- assigning the call connection to a first packet processor having a first load that is no larger than a second load supported by any other of the plurality of packet processors, wherein said comparing includes:
- (a) determining an accumulated packet holding time of each of the plurality of packet processors;
- (b) determining the load supported by each of the plurality of packet processors based on the corresponding accumulated packet holding time;
- and
- (c) comparing the loads of the respective packet processors, wherein each of the plurality of packet processors reports the respective accumulated packet holding time periodically based on a period set by a user.
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A method for assigning packet resources, comprising:
- receiving a request for a call connection from a terminal;
- determining an accumulated packet holding time for each of a plurality of packet processors;
- comparing loads supported by each of the plurality of packet processors on the basis of their corresponding accumulated packet holding times;
- and
- assigning the packet resources to support the requested call connection from a first packet processor having a first load that is no larger than a second load supported by any other of the plurality of packet processors, wherein each of the plurality of packet processors reports the respective accumulated packet holding time periodically based on a period set by a user.
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A packet processing device, comprising:
- a plurality of packet processing circuits each processing packet data of calls carried by a wireless local loop system;
- and
- a call assignment circuit which assigns resources of the packet processing circuits to support the calls, wherein
- the call assignment circuit assigns a resource from a particular packet processing circuit based on a relative resource utilization of the plurality of packet processing circuits, the call assignment circuit assigning the resource by:
- receiving an accumulated packet holding time from each of the packet processing circuits;
- determining the resource utilization of each of the packet processing circuits based on a corresponding one of the accumulated packet holding times;
- and
- comparing the resource utilization of the packet processing circuits, wherein each of the plurality of packet processing circuits reports a corresponding one of the accumulated packet holding times periodically based on a period set by a user.
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A communication system, comprising:
- multiple terminals that each communicate packet data in a call;
- a plurality of packet processing circuits which process the packet data;
- and
- a call assignment circuit which assigns a resource of a particular packet processing circuit to support the call, wherein:
- each of the plurality of packet processing circuits reports an accumulated packet holding time to the call assignment circuit periodically based on a period set by a user, and
- the call assignment circuit assigns the resource from the particular packet processing circuit based on the reported accumulated packet holding times from the packet processing circuits, the resource being assigned to one of the plurality of packet processing circuits having a dynamically changing resource utilization no greater than that of any other of the plurality of packet processing circuits to support the call.
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A communication method, comprising:
- determining a processing utilization of resources of each of multiple packet processing functions;
- selecting a particular packet processing function based on relative processing utilization of resources of the packet processing functions;
- and
- assigning a resource of the particular packet processing function to support a packet data communication, said determining including:
- receiving an accumulated packet holding time from each of the packet processing functions, the processing utilization of resources of the packet processing functions being determined based on corresponding ones of the accumulated packet holding times;
- and wherein said selecting includes:
- comparing the processing utilization of resources of the packet processing functions, wherein each of the plurality of packet processing functions reports a corresponding one of the accumulated packet holding times periodically based on a period set by a user.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.