CELLULAR COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MANAGEMENT OF BACKHAUL RESOURCES
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1. A communication network element comprising:
- traffic scheduler logic operable to schedule transmission of a first category of queued traffic across a backhaul interface in accordance with a rate control value; and
traffic manager logic operable to schedule transmission of a second category of queued traffic across the backhaul interface in accordance with a determined backhaul bandwidth allocation,wherein the backhaul bandwidth allocation is based upon a determination of available bandwidth across the backhaul interface, and the available bandwidth is not required for scheduled first category traffic.
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Abstract
A communication network element comprises traffic scheduler logic capable of scheduling transmission of a first category of queued traffic across a backhaul interface in accordance with a rate control value. The communication network element further comprises traffic manager logic capable of scheduling transmission of a second category of queued traffic across the backhaul interface in accordance with a determined backhaul bandwidth allocation, the backhaul bandwidth allocation being based on a determination of available bandwidth across the backhaul interface not required for scheduled first category traffic.
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1. A communication network element comprising:
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traffic scheduler logic operable to schedule transmission of a first category of queued traffic across a backhaul interface in accordance with a rate control value; and traffic manager logic operable to schedule transmission of a second category of queued traffic across the backhaul interface in accordance with a determined backhaul bandwidth allocation, wherein the backhaul bandwidth allocation is based upon a determination of available bandwidth across the backhaul interface, and the available bandwidth is not required for scheduled first category traffic. - 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, 42)
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41. A communication system comprising a communication network element;
- the cellular communication network element comprising;
traffic scheduler logic operable to schedule transmission of a first category of queued traffic across a backhaul interface in accordance with a rate control value; traffic manager logic operable to schedule transmission of a second category of queued traffic across the backhaul interface in accordance with a determined backhaul bandwidth allocation, and wherein the backhaul bandwidth allocation is based upon a determination of available bandwidth across the backhaul interface, and the available bandwidth is not required for scheduled first category traffic.
- the cellular communication network element comprising;
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43. A method for management of backhaul resources within a communication system, the method comprising:
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determining available bandwidth across a backhaul interface; scheduling transmission of a first category of queued traffic across the backhaul interface in accordance with a rate control value; determining an available bandwidth allocation across the backhaul interface, wherein the available bandwidth allocation is not required for scheduled first category traffic; and scheduling transmission of a second category of queued traffic across the backhaul interface in accordance with the available bandwidth allocation. - View Dependent Claims (44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73)
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74. Logic for management of backhaul resources within a communication system, the logic comprising:
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logic for determining available bandwidth across a backhaul interface; logic for scheduling transmission of a first category of queued traffic across the backhaul interface in accordance with a rate control value; logic for determining an available bandwidth allocation across the backhaul interface, wherein the available bandwidth allocation is not required for scheduled first category traffic; and logic for scheduling transmission of a second category of queued traffic across the backhaul interface in accordance with the available bandwidth allocation.
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75. A computer program product comprising program code for supporting backhaul resource management within a communication system, the computer program product comprising program code for:
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determining available bandwidth across a backhaul interface, scheduling transmission of a first category of queued traffic across the backhaul interface in accordance with a rate control value; determining an available bandwidth allocation across the backhaul interface, wherein the available bandwidth is not required for scheduled first category traffic; and scheduling transmission of a second category of queued traffic across the backhaul interface in accordance with the available bandwidth allocation.
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