Global Patent Index - EP 1264447 A1

EP 1264447 A1 20021211 - OVERLOAD HANDLING IN A COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM

Title (en)

OVERLOAD HANDLING IN A COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM

Title (de)

ÜBERLADEHANDHABUNG IN EINEM KOMMUNIKATIONSSYSTEM

Title (fr)

TRAITEMENT DE SURCHARGES DANS UN SYSTEME DE COMMUNICATIONS

Publication

EP 1264447 A1 20021211 (EN)

Application

EP 01908562 A 20010223

Priority

  • SE 0100408 W 20010223
  • US 18500300 P 20000225
  • US 69867200 A 20001027

Abstract (en)

[origin: WO0163857A1] Methods, systems, and arrangements enable the prevention of common channel overload in a wireless communications network. In a Universal Mobile Telecommunications system (UMTS) network environment (100), for example, new Medium Access Control-dedicated (MAC-d) entities (525) are always permitted to transmit data segments in an amount equivalent to their initial credit to a MAC-common (MAC-c) (520) entity. Consequently, the buffer (530) in the MAC-c entity may become overloaded if many new MAC-d entities transmit data segments simultaneously, thus preventing the use of the MAC-c entity (520) by any MAC-d entity (525). In accordance with certain embodiments of the present invention, if the buffer fill level of the MAC-c buffer reaches a predefined fill level, the MAC-c entity (520) is empowered to reject MAC-d entities (525) of new users by discarding incoming data segments therefrom.

IPC 1-7

H04L 12/56; H04Q 7/22

IPC 8 full level

H04L 47/30 (2022.01); H04L 47/32 (2022.01); H04W 28/14 (2009.01); H04W 84/04 (2009.01)

CPC (source: EP)

H04L 47/30 (2013.01); H04L 47/32 (2013.01); H04W 28/0231 (2013.01); H04W 28/14 (2013.01); H04W 84/04 (2013.01)

Citation (search report)

See references of WO 0163857A1

Designated contracting state (EPC)

AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE TR

DOCDB simple family (publication)

WO 0163857 A1 20010830; AU 3630401 A 20010903; EP 1264447 A1 20021211

DOCDB simple family (application)

SE 0100408 W 20010223; AU 3630401 A 20010223; EP 01908562 A 20010223