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Grade of service and fairness policy for bandwidth reservation system

  • US 20010033557A1
  • Filed: 02/07/2001
  • Published: 10/25/2001
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/08/2000
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of providing multiple grades of wireless service to multiple field users for communication of data between a base station and multiple subscriber units over one or more CDMA communication channels, each grade of service having a corresponding priority level, the method comprising the steps of:

  • reserving a bandwidth and dividing the bandwidth into a plurality of channels;

    maintaining a connection between multiple subscriber units and the base station;

    detecting a request by multiple field units to simultaneously transmit data to the base station;

    assigning the subchannels for communication between the base station and subscriber units based on a corresponding priority level of requesting field units, the priority level depending upon historical demand by a user making a specific request.

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