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US 9,426,825 B2Granted
Method and a device for regulating transmission in a wireless telecommunications network
AssigneeFrance Telecom
InventorsJérôme Galtier, Patrick Brown
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Abstract
A method and apparatus are provided for regulating transmissions according to a tournament method, implemented by a station having at least one data packet to be transmitted via a wireless communication network having a predetermined bandwidth. The method includes a step during which the station determines whether or not to participate in a tournament, the likelihood of a station participating in a tournament depending on the predetermined bandwidth. Specifically, the likelihood of a station participating in a tournament is selected to be higher as the predetermined bandwidth gets higher.
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A regulation method comprising:
- regulating a transmission using a tournament mechanism by a station having at least one data packet to transmit at a determined rate, via a wireless communications network, wherein regulating comprises:
- determining whether or not the station is participating in a tournament based on a probability with which the station participates in a tournament, wherein the probability is a function of said determined data rate, said determined data rate being independent of transmission authorizations or prohibitions allocated to the station during any preceding tournament;
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- transmitting the at least one data packet by the station on the wireless communications network at the determined rate, upon determination that the station participates in the tournament and is authorized to transmit the at least one data packet.
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A data processor readable, non-transmissible recording medium having a program recorded thereon that includes program code instructions configured to execute a regulation method when the instructions are executed by a processor, the method comprising:
- regulating a transmission using a tournament mechanism by a station having at least one data packet to transmit at a determined data rate, via a wireless communications network, wherein regulating comprises:
- determining whether or not the station is participating in a tournament-based on a probability with which the station participates in a tournament, wherein the probability is a function of said determined data rate, said determined data rate being independent of transmission authorizations or prohibitions allocated to the station during any preceding tournament;
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- transmitting the at least one data packet by the station on the wireless communications network at the determined rate, upon determination that the station participates in the tournament and is authorized to transmit the at least one data packet.
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A station comprising:
- a network access device configured to transmit at least one data packet at a determined data rate, via a wireless communications network, and
- a transmission management module configured to regulate a transmission by the network access device using a tournament mechanism, the transmission management module being configured to determine whether or not the station participates in a tournament, based on a probability with which the station participates in a tournament, the probability being a function of said determined data rate, said determined data rate being independent of transmission authorizations or prohibitions allocated to the station during any preceding tournament.
A regulation method comprising:
- regulating a transmission using a tournament mechanism by a station having at least one data packet to transmit at a determined data rate via a wireless communications network, wherein regulating comprises:
- determining, by the station, whether or not the station is participating in a tournament based on a probability with which the station participates in a tournament, wherein the probability is a function of said determined data rate;
- wherein the probability with which the station participates in a tournament is equal to 1 when said determined rate is greater than a mean data rate value estimated for all stations that emitted a packet during preceding tournaments;
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- transmitting the at least one data packet by the station on the wireless communications network at the determined rate, upon determination that the station participates in the tournament and is authorized to transmit the at least one data packet.
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A regulation method comprising:
- regulating a transmission using a tournament mechanism by a station having at least one data packet to transmit at a determined data rate via a wireless communications network, wherein regulating comprises:
- determining, by the station, whether or not the station is participating in a tournament based on a probability with which the station participates in a tournament, wherein the probability is a function of said determined data rate;
- wherein at the beginning of a tournament, the station obtains an index value from which the station determines probability values that are allocated thereto for various rounds of the tournament;
- the station participating in the tournament if the index value the station has obtained lies in an interval which is function of a data rate value estimated for all stations that emitted a packet during preceding tournaments;
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- transmitting the at least one data packet by the station on the wireless communications network at the determined rate, upon determination that the station participates in the tournament and is authorized to transmit the at least one data packet.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.