Method and system for quality-of-service-differentiated reverse activity bit

An access terminal comprising:

• a communication interface;
• a processor;
• and
• data storage comprising instructions executable by the processor to:
• receive one or more reverse activity bits from a wireless access network;
• based at least in part on the received reverse activity bits, determine a Quick Reverse Activity Bit (QRAB) and a Filtered Reverse Activity Bit (FRAB);
• select a first service-tier filter from a plurality of possible service-tier filters, wherein the first service-tier filter corresponds to a pre-defined service tier for which the access terminal is authorized, wherein each service-tier filter indicates a different number of QRAB determinations that should be used to determine a service-tier filtered QRAB;
• apply the service-tier filter to at least one of (a) the determined QRAB and (b) the determined FRAB;
• and
• based at least in part on output of the service-tier filter, determine an adjustment to reverse-link activity of the access terminal.

A method carried out at an access terminal comprising:

• receiving one or more reverse activity bits from a wireless access network;
• based at least in part on the received reverse activity bits, determining a Quick Reverse Activity Bit (QRAB) and a Filtered Reverse Activity Bit (FRAB);
• selecting a first service-tier filter from a plurality of possible service-tier filters, wherein the first service-tier filter corresponds to a pre-defined service tier for which the access terminal is authorized;
• applying the first service-tier filter to the determined QRAB to determine a first service-tier filtered QRAB;
• selecting a second service-tier filter that is different from the first service-tier filter, wherein the second service-tier filter corresponds to the pre-defined service tier for which the access terminal is authorized;
• and
• applying the second service-tier filter to the determined FRAB to determine a second service-tier filtered FRAB;
• and
• based at least in part on the first service-tier filtered QRAB and the second service-tier filtered FRAB, determining an adjustment to reverse-link activity of the access terminal.