System and method for adjusting quality of service in a communication system
First Claim
1. A method for controlling a communication involving a remote station, comprising:
- identifying a characteristic of the remote station; and
causing an adjustment to a quality of service level of the communication based on said characteristic.
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Abstract
A system and method for adjusting quality of service in a communication system improves an allocation of resources in a communications environment with shared resources among multiple communicating stations by adjusting quality of service levels based on characteristics of the communicating stations. In a disclosed embodiment, a base station (130) communicates with one or more remote stations (110a, 110b). Quality of service levels for communications between the base station and a remote station 110 are adjusted based on a characteristic of the remote station. In this way, a lower quality remote station can be allocated a lower quality of service level than that allocated to a higher quality remote station, thereby preventing an inefficient allocation of shared resources and improving overall system performance.
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67 Claims
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1. A method for controlling a communication involving a remote station, comprising:
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identifying a characteristic of the remote station; and
causing an adjustment to a quality of service level of the communication based on said characteristic. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61)
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62. A remote station apparatus comprising:
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a transmitter for transmitting a characteristic of the remote station; and
a control processor for interpreting an adjustment to a quality of service level of a communication that was determined based on said characteristic.
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63. A base station apparatus comprising:
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a receiver for receiving a characteristic of a remote station; and
a control processor for selecting a quality of service level of a communication between the base station and said remote station based on said characteristic.
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64. A computer readable media embodying a method for adjusting a quality of service level, the method comprising:
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identifying a characteristic of a remote station; and
causing an adjustment to the quality of service level of a communication between the remote station and a base station based on said characteristic.
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65. A method for allocating a shared resource among a plurality of communicating stations, comprising:
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identifying a first characteristic of a first communicating station;
identifying a second characteristic of a second communicating station;
determining from said first characteristic and said second characteristic whether said first communicating station has a higher efficiency with respect to the use of the shared resource than said second communicating station; and
assigning a lower quality of service level to said second communicating station when said second communicating station has a lower efficiency with respect to the use of the shared resource than said first communicating station.
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66. A method for efficiently reducing interference levels in a shared frequency band, comprising:
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identifying a first characteristic of a first receiving station;
identifying a second characteristic of a second receiving station;
determining from said first characteristic and said second characteristic whether said second receiving station has a lower efficiency than said first receiving station; and
allocating a lower quality of service level to a second transmission to said second receiving station than to a first transmission to said first receiving station when said second receiving station has a lower efficiency than said first receiving station.
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67. A method for controlling communication in a shared frequency band, comprising:
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identifying a characteristic of a transmitter; and
causing, based on said characteristic, an adjustment to a parameter used in adjusting a power level emitted by said transmitter in the frequency band.
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