US6469993B1 — Method for controlling traffic load in mobile com…

Claim 1

Independent Claim 140 words

A method for controlling a traffic load in a mobile communication system, comprising the steps of: (1) providing dynamic priority group numbers(P_DPROTG) which will be made available depending on a traffic load to each terminal which has a predefined priority in a cell, the dynamic priority group numbers(P_DPROTG) being provided in a system; (2) transmitting a permitted dynamic priority group number(P_DPROTG) from the system to each terminal in fixed time intervals depending on the traffic load; (3) each terminal calculating a dynamic priority(DRPOT) of the terminal; (4) each terminal comparing the P_DPROTG from the system and the DPROT calculated by the terminal itself, to determine a dynamic priority group number to which the terminal belongs; and, (5) according to a result of the determination in the step (4), each terminal determining, and executing a user data transmission to the system.

Claim 2

Independent Claim 140 words

A method for controlling a traffic load in a mobile communication system, comprising the steps of: (1) providing dynamic priority group numbers(P_DPROTG) which will be made available depending on a traffic load to each terminal which has a predefined priority in a cell, the dynamic priority group numbers(P_DPROTG) being provided in a system; (2) transmitting a permitted dynamic priority group number(P_DPROTG) from the system to each terminal in fixed time intervals depending on the traffic load; (3) each terminal calculating a dynamic priority(DRPOT) of the terminal; (4) each terminal comparing the P_DPROTG from the system and the DPROT calculated by the terminal itself, to determine a dynamic priority group number to which the terminal belongs; and, (5) according to a result of the determination in the step (4), each terminal determining, and executing a user data transmission to the system.

Claim 3

Dependent Claim 78 words

A method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the step (5) includes the steps of, transmitting a user data to the system when a level of the DPROT is higher than, or equal to a level of the P_DPROTG as a result of the determination, and waiting for the transmission of a user data to the system when the level of the DPROT is lower than the level of the P_DPROTG as the result of the determination.

Claim 4

Dependent Claim 93 words

A method as claimed in claim 2 , further including the steps of; the system transmitting an updated P_DPROTG corresponding to the changed traffic overload to each terminal when a traffic load on the cell is changed; the waited terminal keeping checking the level of the dynamic priority of the waited terminal being higher than the level of the updated P_DPROTG; and, the waited terminal transmitting the waited user data to the system when the level of the dynamic priority of the waited terminal is higher than the level of the updated P_DPROTG.

Claim 5

Dependent Claim 45 words

The method as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising the terminal transmitting the user data to the system without comparing the DPROT of the terminal to the P_DPROTG when a dynamic priority group (DRPOTG) of the P_DPROTG from the system is set to “0”.

Claim 6

Dependent Claim 60 words

A method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the DPROT of the terminal is calculated with an equation, below; DPROT= K ( WQ+SQ )/ SQ, Where, DPROT denotes a dynamic priority, WQ denotes a waited quantity, SQ denotes a served quantity, WQ+SQ denotes data quantity required through an SCRM, and K is a coefficient based on a predefined priority.

Claim 7

Dependent Claim 16 words

A method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the fixed time interval is 20 ms.

Claim 8

Dependent Claim 24 words

A method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein each of the terminals is a terminal which has an active packet data service state.

Claim 9

Independent Claim 205 words

A method for controlling a traffic load in a mobile communication system, comprising: (1) providing dynamic priority group number fields (P_DPROTG) which will be made available depending on a traffic load to each of a plurality of terminals having a predefined priority in a cell, the dynamic priority group number fields (P_DPROTG) being provided in a system; (2) setting up a forward fundamental channel (F-FCH) and a reverse fundamental channel (R-FCH) between the system and each of the terminals in one cell; (3) transmitting a supplemental channel (SCH) request message (SCRM from each terminal to the system, and the system, in response to the transmission of the SCRM, transmitting a supplemental channel assignment message (SCAM) to each terminal; (4) transmitting the P_DPROTG from the system to each terminal through the F-FCH according to the traffic load state; (5) each terminal calculating a dynamic priority PPROT) of the terminal; (6) each terminal comparing the DPROT of the terminal to the P_DPROTG from the system, to determine a dynamic priority group number to which the terminal belongs; and (7) one of transmitting user data to the system and temporarily blocking transmission of user data to the system according to a result of the determination of step (6).

Claim 10

Independent Claim 205 words

A method for controlling a traffic load in a mobile communication system, comprising: (1) providing dynamic priority group number fields (P_DPROTG) which will be made available depending on a traffic load to each of a plurality of terminals having a predefined priority in a cell, the dynamic priority group number fields (P_DPROTG) being provided in a system; (2) setting up a forward fundamental channel (F-FCH) and a reverse fundamental channel (R-FCH) between the system and each of the terminals in one cell; (3) transmitting a supplemental channel (SCH) request message (SCRM from each terminal to the system, and the system, in response to the transmission of the SCRM, transmitting a supplemental channel assignment message (SCAM) to each terminal; (4) transmitting the P_DPROTG from the system to each terminal through the F-FCH according to the traffic load state; (5) each terminal calculating a dynamic priority PPROT) of the terminal; (6) each terminal comparing the DPROT of the terminal to the P_DPROTG from the system, to determine a dynamic priority group number to which the terminal belongs; and (7) one of transmitting user data to the system and temporarily blocking transmission of user data to the system according to a result of the determination of step (6).

Claim 11

Dependent Claim 51 words

The method as claimed in claim 8 , further comprising transmitting a number of dynamic priority groups currently set up in the system and a dynamic priority boundary of each group from the system to each terminal in an overhead message through one of a paging channel and a common channel.

Claim 12

Dependent Claim 59 words

The method as claimed in claim 9 , wherein the boundary of each group is a maximum value, and a dynamic priority boundary of the group ranges from a value that is one (1) greater than a maximum value of a group one stage lower than the group in question to the maximum value of the group in question.

Claim 13

Dependent Claim 73 words

The method as claimed in claim 8 , wherein the step (7) further comprises: transmitting user data to the system when a level of the DPROT is greater than or equal to a level of the P_DPROTG as a result of the determination, and blocking the transmission of user data to the system when the level of the DPROT is lower than the level of the P_DPROTG as the result of the determination.

Claim 14

Dependent Claim 37 words

The method as claimed in claim 11 , further comprising additionally transmitting a field X_STOP), informing a transmission OK of the user data of the blocked terminal, from the blocked terminal to the system through the F_FCH.

Claim 15

Dependent Claim 27 words

The method as claimed in claim 12 , wherein the field (TX_STOP) is a 1 bit signal added to all frames transmitting and receiving through the R_FCH.

Claim 16

Dependent Claim 92 words

The method as claimed in claim 11 , further comprising: transmitting an updated P_DPROTG corresponding to the changed traffic overload from the system to each terminal when a traffic load on the cell is changed; the blocked terminal repeatedly checking to determine if the level of the dynamic priority of the blocked terminal is higher than the level of the updated P_DPROTG; and the blocked terminal transmitting user data to the system when the level of the dynamic priority of the blocked terminal is higher than the level of the updated P_DPROTG.

Claim 17

Dependent Claim 38 words

The method as claimed in claim 14 , further comprising transmitting the updated P_DPROTG from the system in fixed time intervals through the F-FCH after the blocked terminal transmits the user data to the system through the R_FCH.

Claim 18

Dependent Claim 16 words

The method as claimed in claim 15 , wherein the fixed time interval is 20 ms.

Claim 19

Dependent Claim 46 words

The method as claimed in claim 8 , further comprising transmitting the user data from the terminal to the system without comparing the DPROT of the terminal to the P_DPROTG when a dynamic priority group (DPROTG) of the P_DPROTG from the system is set to “0”.

Claim 20

Dependent Claim 59 words

The method as claimed in claim 8 , wherein the DPROT of the terminal is calculated with an equation, DPROT= K ( WQ+SQ )/ SQ, where, DPROT denotes a dynamic priority, WQ denotes a waited quantity, SQ denotes a served quantity, WQ+SQ denotes data quantity required through an SCRM, and K is a coefficient based on a predefined priority.

Claim 21

Dependent Claim 16 words

The method as claimed in claim 8 , wherein the fixed time interval is 20 ms.

Claim 22

Dependent Claim 24 words

The method as claimed in claim 8 , wherein each of the terminals is a terminal which has an active packet data service state.

Claim 23

Independent Claim 75 words

A method of controlling traffic in a mobile communication system, comprising the steps of: receiving a permitted dynamic priority group number transmitted from a base station to a mobile terminal; calculating a dynamic priority by the mobile terminal; comparing the permitted dynamic priority group number to the calculated dynamic priority; and during the transmission of data to the base station and temporarily suspending transmissions to the base station based on a result of the comparison.

Claim 24

Independent Claim 75 words

A method of controlling traffic in a mobile communication system, comprising the steps of: receiving a permitted dynamic priority group number transmitted from a base station to a mobile terminal; calculating a dynamic priority by the mobile terminal; comparing the permitted dynamic priority group number to the calculated dynamic priority; and during the transmission of data to the base station and temporarily suspending transmissions to the base station based on a result of the comparison.

Claim 25

Dependent Claim 54 words

The method of claim 21 , wherein data is transmitted to the base station when the calculated dynamic priority is greater than or equal to the permitted dynamic priority group number, and wherein transmissions are temporarily suspended to the base station if the dynamic priority is less than the permitted dynamic priority group member.

Claim 26

Dependent Claim 33 words

The method of claim 21 , wherein the base station transmits the permitted dynamic priority group number to the mobile terminal when the traffic load on the communication channel exceeds a prescribed level.

Claim 27

Dependent Claim 20 words

The method of claim 21 , wherein a priority of the mobile terminal is predefined in the mobile communication system.

Claim 28

Independent Claim 55 words

A method of controlling traffic a communication system, comprising the steps of: setting a priority level of each of a plurality of mobile terminals; and dynamically controlling data transmissions of each of the plurality of mobile terminals in accordance with the priority level of each mobile terminal and a congestion level of the communication system.

Claim 29

Independent Claim 55 words

A method of controlling traffic a communication system, comprising the steps of: setting a priority level of each of a plurality of mobile terminals; and dynamically controlling data transmissions of each of the plurality of mobile terminals in accordance with the priority level of each mobile terminal and a congestion level of the communication system.

Claim 30

Dependent Claim 21 words

The method of claim 25 , wherein the priority level of each mobile terminal is set by the corresponding mobile terminal.

Claim 31

Dependent Claim 34 words

The method of claim 26 , wherein the priority level of each mobile terminal is set in accordance with a waited quantity, a served quantity, and a constant value based on a predefined priority.

Annuity Stage	Window Opens	Payment Deadline	Surcharge Period Until	Estimated Fee	Status
3.5 Years (Year 4)	2005-10-21	2006-04-22	2006-10-22	$2000.00	Window Closed / Lapsed
7.5 Years (Year 8)	2009-10-21	2010-04-22	2010-10-22	$3760.00	Window Closed / Lapsed
11.5 Years (Year 12)	2013-10-21	2014-04-22	2014-10-22	$7700.00	Window Closed / Lapsed

Method for controlling traffic load in mobile communication system

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