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Method and apparatus for controlling communication system capacity
Assignee: Google Technology Holdings LLC
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Filing: 1998-06-30
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Granted: 2000-03-07
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Expires: 2018-06-30
Abstract
Abstract Forward link communication capacity of a communication system, which is providing from a base station to a number of mobile stations a number of forward communication links corresponding to the plurality of mobile stations, is controlled by receiving gain setting associated with at least one of the forward communication links, comparing the gain setting with a gain threshold, and adjusting a first encoding rate of at least one of the forward communication links to a second encoding rate based on the comparing. A gain offset attunes the gain threshold to update the gain threshold according to a latest condition of the communication system. The gain offset further is used to determine blocking of an incoming call to the communication system.
Inventors
- 👤 Robert T. Love
- 👤 James P. Ashley
- 👤 Lee Proctor
- 👤 Anil Barot
- 👤 Arnie Cohen
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-23 21:08
CPC Classifications
H; H04; H04B; H04B7/00; H04B7/24; H04B7/26; H04L; H04L1/00; H04L1/0001; H04L1/0015; H04L1/0019; H04L1/0021; H04L1/0009; H04L1/0023; H04L1/0025; H04W; H04W52/00; H04W52/04; H04W52/30
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 37
Claim 1
Independent Claim
153 words
In a communication system providing from a base station to a plurality of mobile stations a plurality of forward communication links corresponding to said plurality of mobile stations, a method for controlling forward link communication capacity of said communication system comprising the steps of: receiving gain setting associated with at least one of said plurality of forward communication links; determining a gain threshold offset including the step of calculating a ratio of a number of said forward communication links having a frame error rate greater than a predetermined level over a number of said plurality of forward communication links; attuning a gain threshold by said gain threshold offset; comparing said gain setting with said gain threshold; and adjusting a first encoding rate of at least one of said plurality of forward communication links to a second encoding rate based on said comparing step, thereby controlling forward link communication capacity of said communication system.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
153 words
In a communication system providing from a base station to a plurality of mobile stations a plurality of forward communication links corresponding to said plurality of mobile stations, a method for controlling forward link communication capacity of said communication system comprising the steps of: receiving gain setting associated with at least one of said plurality of forward communication links; determining a gain threshold offset including the step of calculating a ratio of a number of said forward communication links having a frame error rate greater than a predetermined level over a number of said plurality of forward communication links; attuning a gain threshold by said gain threshold offset; comparing said gain setting with said gain threshold; and adjusting a first encoding rate of at least one of said plurality of forward communication links to a second encoding rate based on said comparing step, thereby controlling forward link communication capacity of said communication system.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
27 words
The method as recited in claim 1 further includes the step of preventing said adjusting step when said first encoding rate is below a predetermined encoding rate.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
24 words
The method as recited in claim 1 wherein said adjusting step includes selecting said second encoding rate from a plurality of predefined encoding rates.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
33 words
The method as recited in claim 1 wherein said second encoding rate is lower than said first encoding rate when in said comparing step said gain setting is higher than said gain threshold.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
30 words
The method as recited in claim 1 further comprising the step of scaling said gain setting by a factor proportional to a ratio of said second and first encoding rates.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
37 words
The method as recited in claim 1 further comprising the step of scaling said gain setting by a factor proportional to a ratio of said second rate and a maximum encoding rate possible in said communication system.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
33 words
The method as recited in claim 1 wherein said least one of said plurality of forward communication links in said adjusting step is associated with said gain setting received in said receiving step.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
19 words
The method as recited in claim 1 wherein said communication system is a code division multiple access communication system.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
31 words
The method as recited in claim 1 wherein said gain threshold is selected from a plurality of gain thresholds associated with a corresponding plurality of predefined conditions in said communication system.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
21 words
The method as recited in claim 9 wherein said plurality of predefined conditions includes from two to six ways hand-off conditions.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
51 words
The method as recited in claim 1 wherein said gain threshold is based on a statistical analysis of a plurality of gain settings associated with an estimated plurality of forward communication links that leads to a loading level less than a full loading level of said communication forward link communication capacity.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
21 words
The method as recited in claim 11 wherein said loading level is less than ninety percent of said full loading level.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
46 words
The method as recited in claim 1 wherein said number of said forward communication links having a frame error rate greater than a predetermined level is substituted for a number of said forward communication links having a gain setting greater than a predetermined gain setting level.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
25 words
The method as recited in claim 13 wherein said predetermined gain setting level is less than a maximum gain setting possible in said communication system.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
23 words
The method as recited in claim 1 wherein said predetermined level is substantially equal to a three and half percent frame error rate.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
34 words
The method as recited in claim 1 wherein said determining step further includes the step of filtering a result of said calculating said ratio by a filter having a finite low pass frequency response.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
32 words
The method as recited in claim 16 wherein said determining step further includes the step of adjusting a result of said filtering step by a predetermined value to produce an error offset.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
33 words
The method as recited in claim 17 wherein said determining step further includes the step of sampling said error offset, and integrating a result of said sampling to produce said gain threshold offset.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim
47 words
The method as recited in claim 1, wherein said communication system provides said plurality of forward communication links from a plurality of communication sectors, further includes the step of selecting said gain threshold offset from a plurality of gain threshold offsets corresponding to said plurality of sectors.
Claim 21
Dependent Claim
22 words
The method as recited in claim 19 wherein said selected gain threshold offset is commonly used among said plurality of communication sectors.
Claim 22
Dependent Claim
61 words
The method as recited in claim 1, wherein said communication system provides said plurality of forward communication links from a plurality of communication sectors, said number of forward communication links having said frame error rate greater than said predetermined level and said number of said plurality of forward communication links are commonly associated with one of said plurality of communication sectors.
Claim 23
Dependent Claim
30 words
The method as recited in claim 1 wherein said number of forward communication links having said frame error rate greater than said predetermined level are having a common encoding rate.
Claim 24
Dependent Claim
37 words
The method as recited in claim 1 wherein said number of forward communication links having said frame error rate greater than said predetermined value and said number of forward communication links are having a common carrier frequency.
Claim 25
Dependent Claim
87 words
The method as recited in claim 1 further including: determining a ratio of chip energy of a pilot signal in said communication system over a combined forward link signal transmit power level spectral density from a sector in said communication system; and summing said ratio with a blocking threshold offset to produce a blocking indicator which depending on said blocking indicator status a new incoming call to said communication system is blocked, wherein said blocking threshold offset is at least a function of said gain threshold offset.
Claim 26
Dependent Claim
59 words
The method as recited in claim 24 wherein said determining a ratio of chip energy of a pilot signal in said communication system over a combined forward link signal transmit power level spectral density from a sector in said communication system is substituted by determining a ratio of pilot signal power over a combined forward link signal transmit power.
Claim 27
Dependent Claim
26 words
The method as recited in claim 24 wherein said blocking threshold offset is produced by at least summing said gain threshold offset with a blocking error.
Claim 28
Dependent Claim
118 words
In a communication system providing from a base station to a plurality of mobile stations a plurality of forward communication links corresponding to said plurality of mobile stations, a method for blocking establishment of incoming calls comprising the steps of: determining a ratio of chip energy of a pilot signal in said communication system over a combined forward link signal transmit power spectral density level from a sector in said communication system; and summing said ratio with a blocking threshold offset to produce a blocking indicator which depending on said blocking indicator status a new incoming call to said communication system is blocked, wherein said blocking threshold offset is at least a function of a gain threshold offset.
Claim 29
Dependent Claim
118 words
In a communication system providing from a base station to a plurality of mobile stations a plurality of forward communication links corresponding to said plurality of mobile stations, a method for blocking establishment of incoming calls comprising the steps of: determining a ratio of chip energy of a pilot signal in said communication system over a combined forward link signal transmit power spectral density level from a sector in said communication system; and summing said ratio with a blocking threshold offset to produce a blocking indicator which depending on said blocking indicator status a new incoming call to said communication system is blocked, wherein said blocking threshold offset is at least a function of a gain threshold offset.
Claim 30
Dependent Claim
59 words
The method as recited in claim 27 wherein said determining a ratio of chip energy of a pilot signal in said communication system over a combined forward link signal transmit power level spectral density from a sector in said communication system is substituted by determining a ratio of pilot signal power over a combined forward link signal transmit power.
Claim 31
Dependent Claim
26 words
The method as recited in claim 27 wherein said blocking threshold offset is produced by at least summing said gain threshold offset with a blocking error.
Claim 32
Dependent Claim
189 words
In a communication system providing from a base station to a plurality of mobile stations a plurality of forward communication links corresponding to said plurality of mobile stations, an apparatus for controlling said communication system forward link communication capacity comprising: means for receiving gain settings associated with at least one of said plurality of forward communication links; means for comparing said gain setting with a gain threshold, and outputting a data bit with a status indicating said gain setting is one of a higher and lower than said gain threshold; means for generating a gain threshold offset; means for determining said gain threshold offset including means for calculating a ratio of a number of said forward communication links having a frame error rate greater than a predetermined level over a number of said plurality of forward communication links; means for attuning said gain threshold by said gain threshold offset: means for adjusting encoding rate of at least one of said plurality of forward communication links based on the status of said data bit from a first to a second encoding rates, thereby controlling said communication forward link communication capacity.
Claim 33
Dependent Claim
189 words
In a communication system providing from a base station to a plurality of mobile stations a plurality of forward communication links corresponding to said plurality of mobile stations, an apparatus for controlling said communication system forward link communication capacity comprising: means for receiving gain settings associated with at least one of said plurality of forward communication links; means for comparing said gain setting with a gain threshold, and outputting a data bit with a status indicating said gain setting is one of a higher and lower than said gain threshold; means for generating a gain threshold offset; means for determining said gain threshold offset including means for calculating a ratio of a number of said forward communication links having a frame error rate greater than a predetermined level over a number of said plurality of forward communication links; means for attuning said gain threshold by said gain threshold offset: means for adjusting encoding rate of at least one of said plurality of forward communication links based on the status of said data bit from a first to a second encoding rates, thereby controlling said communication forward link communication capacity.
Claim 34
Dependent Claim
22 words
The apparatus as recited in claim 30 wherein said means for adjusting encoding rate is in a vocoder in said communication system.
Claim 35
Dependent Claim
28 words
The apparatus as recited in claim 30 wherein said means for adjusting encoding rate includes means for selecting said second encoding rate from a plurality of encoding rates.
Claim 36
Dependent Claim
26 words
The apparatus as recited in claim 30 further comprising means for scaling said gain setting by a ratio proportional to said second and first encoding rates.
Claim 37
Dependent Claim
21 words
The apparatus as recited in claim 30 further comprising means for blocking an incoming call based on said gain threshold offset.
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