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System and method for adjusting the traffic carried by a network
Assignee: Chanyu Holdings LLC
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Filing: 2000-01-21
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Granted: 2004-01-06
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Expires: 2020-01-21
Abstract
Abstract A system and method for improving or maintaining the quality of service delivered by a network with respect to a preferred type of information carried by the network. The status of the network is monitored to determine if the actual or projected quality of service being provided by the network for the preferred information meets a quality of service requirement. If the quality of service does not meet the requirement, a message is formulated and sent to an end-user terminals such as a wireless handset. The message instructs the terminal to change a parameter by which the terminal sends information to the network. For example, the message can instruct the terminal to send less non-preferred information to the network, or change the compression scheme used to send a type of information to the network.
Inventors
- 👤 Farzan Mamaghani
- 👤 Brian Daly
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-01 13:27
CPC Classifications
H; H04; H04W; H04W28/00; H04W28/02; H04W28/10; H04W28/12; H04L; H04L47/00; H04L47/10; H04L47/11; H04L47/12; H04L47/24; H04L47/2416; H04L47/2475; H04L47/2483; H04L47/26; H04L47/263; H04L47/38; H04W28/0284; H04W8/00; H04W8/02; H04W8/04; H04W88/00; H04W88/18
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 47
Claim 1
Independent Claim
134 words
A method for adjusting the traffic carried by a network, including: determining a quality of service requirement with respect to a first type of information carried by the network; determining the performance of the network with respect to the first type of information; if the performance of the network does not meet the quality of service requirement for the first type of information, then formulating a network status message based upon the performance of the network, wherein the network status message is adapted to instruct an end-user terminal to change the way in which the end-user terminal sends information to the network by identifying a type of information that the end user terminal either is or is not permitted to send to the network; and sending the network status message to the end-user terminal.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
134 words
A method for adjusting the traffic carried by a network, including: determining a quality of service requirement with respect to a first type of information carried by the network; determining the performance of the network with respect to the first type of information; if the performance of the network does not meet the quality of service requirement for the first type of information, then formulating a network status message based upon the performance of the network, wherein the network status message is adapted to instruct an end-user terminal to change the way in which the end-user terminal sends information to the network by identifying a type of information that the end user terminal either is or is not permitted to send to the network; and sending the network status message to the end-user terminal.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
14 words
The method of claim 1 , wherein the end-user terminal is a wireless appliance.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
15 words
The method of claim 2 , wherein the wireless appliance is a wireless telephone handset.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
16 words
The method of claim 1 , wherein the first type of information includes electronic mail information.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
17 words
The method of claim 1 , wherein the first type of information includes world wide web information.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
15 words
The method of claim 1 , wherein the first type of information includes video information.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
17 words
The method of claim 1 , wherein the first type of information includes a digital electronic file.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
28 words
The method of claim 1 , wherein the network status message instructs the end-user terminal to change the rate at which the terminal sends information to the network.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
34 words
The method of claim 1 , wherein the network status message instructs the end-user terminal to change the compression scheme used by the terminal to compress information that the terminal sends to the network.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
64 words
The method of claim 1 , wherein the network status message instructs the end-user terminal to send information to the network by specifying at least one from the group of: the rate at which the end-user terminal can send a second type of information to the network, and the compression scheme that the end-user terminal is to use for the first type of information.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
51 words
The method of claim 1 , wherein formulating the network status message based upon the performance of the network and the quality of service requirement with respect to the first type of information includes determining if the network can meet the quality of service requirement for the first type of information.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
56 words
The method of claim 11 , wherein if the network cannot meet the quality of service requirement for the first type of information, then formulating the network status message to instruct the terminal to decrease the rate at which the terminal sends at least one type of information other than the first type to the network.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
53 words
The method of claim 11 , wherein if the network cannot meet the quality of service requirement for the first type of information, then formulating a network status message to instruct the terminal to change the compression scheme used in sending information of a type other than the first type to the network.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
49 words
The method of claim 11 , wherein if the network cannot meet the quality of service requirement for the first type of information, then formulating a network status message to instruct the terminal to change the compression scheme used in sending the first type of information to the network.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
76 words
The method of claim 1 , wherein a wireless terminal is coupled to the network when the wireless a terminal registers with the network, and wherein sending a network status message includes forming a network status message, addressing the message to a wireless terminal, and transmitting the message to the wireless terminal, and wherein a network status message is only addressed and transmitted to a wireless terminal when the wireless terminal is coupled to the network.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
55 words
The method of claim 1 , wherein the network is partitioned into a plurality of cells, wherein a wireless terminal belongs to a cell, and further including the steps of selecting a subset of cells and sending the network status message only to wireless terminals that belong to one of the selected subset of cells.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
46 words
The method of claim 1 , further including the steps of identifying a source of network congestion, and sending a network status message that reduces the amount of the second type of information originating from a wireless terminal substantially at the identified source of network congestion.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
25 words
The method of claim 1 , wherein sending the network status message includes broadcasting a network status flag to wireless terminals coupled to the network.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim
25 words
The method of claim 1 , wherein sending the network status message includes multicasting a network status flag to wireless terminals coupled to the network.
Claim 21
Dependent Claim
27 words
The method of claim 1 , wherein the quality of service requirement is a maximum latency measurement for a first type of information sent over the network.
Claim 22
Dependent Claim
37 words
The method of claim 1 , wherein the first type of information is voice information, and wherein the quality of service requirement for voice information includes a maximum error rate for voice transmission delivered over the network.
Claim 23
Independent Claim
124 words
A system for assuring the quality of service delivered by a network for a preferred type of information, comprising: means for determining a preferred type of information for the network; means for determining a quality of service requirement for the preferred type of information; means for determining the performance of the network with respect to the preferred type of information; and means for changing a parameter by which non-preferred information is sent to the network by an end-user terminal coupled to the network if the network cannot meet the quality of service requirement for the preferred information, the changing means including means for identifying a type of information that the end user terminal either is or is not permitted to send to the network.
Claim 24
Independent Claim
124 words
A system for assuring the quality of service delivered by a network for a preferred type of information, comprising: means for determining a preferred type of information for the network; means for determining a quality of service requirement for the preferred type of information; means for determining the performance of the network with respect to the preferred type of information; and means for changing a parameter by which non-preferred information is sent to the network by an end-user terminal coupled to the network if the network cannot meet the quality of service requirement for the preferred information, the changing means including means for identifying a type of information that the end user terminal either is or is not permitted to send to the network.
Claim 25
Independent Claim
120 words
An apparatus for adjusting the traffic sent to a network from an end-user terminal, comprising: a processor; a memory coupled to said processor, said memory storing network status manager instructions adapted to be executed by said processor to identify a quality of service requirement for a preferred type of information carried by the network, determine the quality of service with which the network is delivering the preferred type of information, and formulate a message to an end-user terminal coupled to the network to change a parameter by which the end-user terminal sends information to the network, the message to identify a type of information that the end user terminal either is or is not permitted to send to the network.
Claim 26
Independent Claim
120 words
An apparatus for adjusting the traffic sent to a network from an end-user terminal, comprising: a processor; a memory coupled to said processor, said memory storing network status manager instructions adapted to be executed by said processor to identify a quality of service requirement for a preferred type of information carried by the network, determine the quality of service with which the network is delivering the preferred type of information, and formulate a message to an end-user terminal coupled to the network to change a parameter by which the end-user terminal sends information to the network, the message to identify a type of information that the end user terminal either is or is not permitted to send to the network.
Claim 27
Dependent Claim
34 words
The apparatus of claim 23 , wherein a parameter by which the end-user terminal sends information to the network identifies rate at which the end-user terminal sends a type of information to the network.
Claim 28
Dependent Claim
33 words
The apparatus of claim 23 , wherein a parameter by which the end-user terminal sends information to the network identifies the compression technique used for a type of information sent to the network.
Claim 29
Dependent Claim
35 words
The apparatus of claim 23 , wherein a parameter by which the end-user terminal sends information to the network identifies a type of information that the end-user terminal is permitted to send to the network.
Claim 30
Dependent Claim
36 words
The apparatus of claim 23 , wherein a parameter by which the end-user terminal sends information to the network identifies a type of information that the end-user terminal is not permitted to send to the network.
Claim 31
Dependent Claim
118 words
A digital data signal adapted to be received by an end-user terminal coupled to a network, the data signal made by steps including: determining a quality of service requirement for the network for a preferred type of information; determining the quality of service delivered by the network with respect to the preferred type of information; and if the quality of service delivered by the network is less than the quality of service requirement, then formulating a status message adapted to instruct the end-user terminal to change a parameter by which it sends information to the network by identifying a type of information that the end user terminal either is or is not permitted to send to the network.
Claim 32
Dependent Claim
118 words
A digital data signal adapted to be received by an end-user terminal coupled to a network, the data signal made by steps including: determining a quality of service requirement for the network for a preferred type of information; determining the quality of service delivered by the network with respect to the preferred type of information; and if the quality of service delivered by the network is less than the quality of service requirement, then formulating a status message adapted to instruct the end-user terminal to change a parameter by which it sends information to the network by identifying a type of information that the end user terminal either is or is not permitted to send to the network.
Claim 33
Dependent Claim
61 words
The digital data signal of claim 28 , wherein the status message includes a set of digital bits, and wherein a bit in the status message prohibits an end-user terminal from sending a non-preferred type of information to the network, and the complement status of the bit permits an end-user terminal to send the non-preferred type of information to the network.
Claim 34
Dependent Claim
44 words
The digital data signal of claim 28 , wherein the status message includes a set of digital bits, and wherein the set of bits in the status message include a configuration number that instructs the end-user terminal how to send information to the network.
Claim 35
Dependent Claim
51 words
The digital data signal of claim 28 , wherein the status message includes a set of digital bits, and wherein the set of bits in the status message comprise a compression number that instructs the end-user terminal which compression protocol to use to send a type of information to the network.
Claim 36
Dependent Claim
54 words
The digital data signal of claim 28 , wherein the status message includes a set of digital bits, and wherein the set of bits in the status message comprise a bandwidth number that identifies to the end-user terminal the maximum rate at which a certain type of information can be sent to the terminal.
Claim 37
Dependent Claim
49 words
The digital data signal of claim 28 , wherein the status message includes a set of digital bits, and wherein the set of bits in the status message comprise an information type number that specifies a specific type of information to which the rest of the status message pertains.
Claim 38
Independent Claim
116 words
A medium storing instructions adapted to be executed by a processor to identify a quality of service requirement for the preferred type of information for a network, determine the quality of service that the network can deliver for the preferred type of information, and if the quality of service that the network can deliver for the preferred type of information is less than the quality of service requirement, then formulating a message to an end-user terminal that instructs the end-user terminal to change a parameter by which it sends non-preferred information to the network by identifying a type of information that the end user terminal either is or is not permitted to send to the network.
Claim 39
Independent Claim
116 words
A medium storing instructions adapted to be executed by a processor to identify a quality of service requirement for the preferred type of information for a network, determine the quality of service that the network can deliver for the preferred type of information, and if the quality of service that the network can deliver for the preferred type of information is less than the quality of service requirement, then formulating a message to an end-user terminal that instructs the end-user terminal to change a parameter by which it sends non-preferred information to the network by identifying a type of information that the end user terminal either is or is not permitted to send to the network.
Claim 40
Dependent Claim
15 words
The medium of claim 34 , wherein the preferred type of information is voice information.
Claim 41
Dependent Claim
16 words
The medium of claim 34 , wherein the preferred type of information is electronic mail information.
Claim 42
Dependent Claim
17 words
The medium of claim 34 , wherein the preferred type of information is world wide web information.
Claim 43
Dependent Claim
15 words
The medium of claim 34 , wherein the quality of service includes a maximum latency.
Claim 44
Dependent Claim
16 words
The medium of claim 34 , wherein the quality of services includes a maximum error rate.
Claim 45
Dependent Claim
32 words
The medium of claim 34 , wherein the parameter that the message instructs the end-user terminal to change is the rate at which the end-user terminal sends non-preferred information to the network.
Claim 46
Dependent Claim
40 words
The medium of claim 34 , wherein the parameter that the message instructs the end-user terminal to change is the compression scheme used by the end-user terminal for a type of information that the end-user terminal sends to the network.
Claim 47
Dependent Claim
32 words
The medium of claim 34 , wherein the parameter that the message instructs the end-user terminal to change is the rate at which the end-user terminal sends preferred information to the network.
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