Prioritization and flow control of a spread spectrum multiuser channel

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EP 1 959 709 A8

(12)	CORRECTED EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION
	Note: Bibliography reflects the latest situation

(15)	Correction information:
	Corrected version no 1 (W1 A2)

(48)	Corrigendum issued on:
	17.12.2008 Bulletin 2008/51

(88)	Date of publication A3:
	19.11.2008 Bulletin 2008/47

(43)	Date of publication:
	20.08.2008 Bulletin 2008/34

(21)	Application number: 08152967.9

(22)	Date of filing: 19.05.2000

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International Patent Classification (IPC):

H04Q 7/38^(2006.01)

H04L 12/56^(2006.01)

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE

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Priority:

20.05.1999 US 135073 P

(62)	Application number of the earlier application in accordance with Art. 76 EPC:
	02006637.9 / 1235394
	00930830.5 / 1179279

(71)	Applicant: Interdigital Technology Corporation
	Wilmington, DE 19810 (US)

(72)	Inventor:
	Terry, Stephen E. Northport, NY 11768 (US)

(74)	Representative: Ahrengart, Kenneth
	Awapatent AB P.O. Box 45086 104 30 Stockholm 104 30 Stockholm (SE)


	Remarks:
	This application was filed on 19-03-2008 as a divisional application to the application mentioned under INID code 62.

(54)	Prioritization and flow control of a spread spectrum multiuser channel

(57) Packet data from a plurality of sources is received at a controller associated with the multiuser channel. Each packet of the packet data is prioritized based on in part the reroutability of a class of data types. Each packet is scheduled for transmission over the multiuser channel based on in part the prioritization. A backlog of packet data queued is tracked for transfer over the multiuser channel. Based on in part the tracked queue, the flow of data from each data source is limited.