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Method and apparatus for determining the transmission data rate in a multi-user communication system
Assignee: Qualcomm Inc
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Filing: 1995-12-20
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Granted: 1999-01-05
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Expires: 2015-12-20
Abstract
Abstract A method and apparatus are described for controlling the data rates for communications to and from a base station and a plurality of remote users. The usage of the communications resource whether the forward link resource (from base station to remote users) or reverse link resource (from remote users to base station) is measured. The measured usage value is compared against at least one predetermined threshold value and the data rates of communications or a subset of communications on said communications resource is modified in accordance with said comparisons.
Inventors
- 👤 William R. Gardner
- 👤 Paul E. Jacobs
- 👤 Roberto Padovani
- 👤 Noam A. Ziv
- 👤 S. Katherine Lam
- 👤 Andrew P. DeJaco
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CPC Classifications
H; H04; H04W; H04W28/00; H04W28/16; H04W28/18; H04W28/22; G; G10; G10L; G10L19/00; G10L19/04; G10L19/16; G10L19/18; G10L19/22; G10L19/24; H04B; H04B7/00; H04B7/24; H04B7/26; H04B7/2643; H04B7/2659; H04L; H04L1/00; H04L1/0001; H04L1/0014; H04L1/0015; H04L1/0022; H04L1/0023; H04L1/0025; H04L47/00; H04L47/10; H04L47/26; H04L47/263; H04L47/33; H04L47/38; H04W24/00; H04W24/02; H04W24/08; H04W28/02; H04W28/0205; H04W28/04; H04W72/00; H04W72/12; H04W72/1263; H04W72/1273; H04W72/20; H04W72/23; H04W8/00; H04W8/02; H04W8/04
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 8
Claim 1
Independent Claim
141 words
In a communication system wherein a base station communicates messages on a forward link with a plurality of remote users an apparatus of controlling the data rate of said message communications, comprising: usage determination means for determining a usage value of said forward link; rate control logic means for receiving said usage value, comparing said usage value to at least one predetermined threshold value and conditionally providing a rate control signal in accordance with said comparisons; and variable rate data source means for receiving an active message and encoding said active message as a plurality of transmission frames, wherein said variable data source means is responsive to said rate control signal for encoding a subset of said plurality of transmission frames at a reduced encoding rate while providing other frames of said plurality of transmission frames at a higher encoding rate.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
141 words
In a communication system wherein a base station communicates messages on a forward link with a plurality of remote users an apparatus of controlling the data rate of said message communications, comprising: usage determination means for determining a usage value of said forward link; rate control logic means for receiving said usage value, comparing said usage value to at least one predetermined threshold value and conditionally providing a rate control signal in accordance with said comparisons; and variable rate data source means for receiving an active message and encoding said active message as a plurality of transmission frames, wherein said variable data source means is responsive to said rate control signal for encoding a subset of said plurality of transmission frames at a reduced encoding rate while providing other frames of said plurality of transmission frames at a higher encoding rate.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
27 words
The apparatus of claim 1 wherein said variable rate data source means comprises at least one variable rate vocoder means for encoding speech data at variable rates.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
22 words
The apparatus of claim 1 wherein said usage determination means measures the energy of a signal for transmission to said remote users.
Claim 5
Independent Claim
88 words
A method for optimizing usage of a communications resource, comprising the steps of: measuring said usage of said communications resource; comparing said measured usage against at least one predetermined threshold; generating a rate control signal in accordance with said comparison; encoding an active message as a plurality of transmission frames, wherein said encoding encodes a subset of said plurality of transmission frames at a reduced encoding rate while encoding other frames of said plurality of transmission frames at a higher encoding rate responsive to said rate control signal.
Claim 6
Independent Claim
88 words
A method for optimizing usage of a communications resource, comprising the steps of: measuring said usage of said communications resource; comparing said measured usage against at least one predetermined threshold; generating a rate control signal in accordance with said comparison; encoding an active message as a plurality of transmission frames, wherein said encoding encodes a subset of said plurality of transmission frames at a reduced encoding rate while encoding other frames of said plurality of transmission frames at a higher encoding rate responsive to said rate control signal.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
51 words
The method of claim 4 wherein said step of comparing said measured usage against at least one predetermined threshold comprises comparing said usage against a predetermined high usage threshold, and wherein said step of encoding message comprises decreasing the encoding rate of communications when said usage exceeds said high usage threshold.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
52 words
The method of claim 4 wherein said step of comparing said measured usage against at least one predetermined threshold comprises comparing said usage against a predetermined low usage threshold, and wherein said step of encoding message comprises increasing the encoding rate of communications when said usage falls below said low usage threshold.
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