RESOURCE ALLOCATION IN A RADIO ACCESS NETWORK
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1. A method comprising:
- enabling a radio access network to provide a service availability guarantee to a user of a premium service without requiring the radio access network to identify a priority level of a connection with an access terminal associated with the premium service user prior to connection establishment.
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Abstract
In a radio access network, techniques for enabling the network to provide a service availability guarantee to a user of a premium service without requiring the network to identify a priority level of a connection with an access terminal associated with the premium service user prior to connection establishment.
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1. A method comprising:
enabling a radio access network to provide a service availability guarantee to a user of a premium service without requiring the radio access network to identify a priority level of a connection with an access terminal associated with the premium service user prior to connection establishment. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A method comprising:
in a radio access network having N resources of which M are reserved for new connection establishment, providing a service availability guarantee that enables the radio access network to allocate at least K resources to connections associated with users of premium services, and allocate up to N-M resources to connections associated with users of regular services.
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16. A machine-readable medium that stores executable instructions for use at a radio node controller of a radio access network, the instructions causing a machine to:
provide a service availability guarantee to a user of a premium service without requiring the radio access network to identify a priority level of a connection with an access terminal associated with the premium service user prior to connection establishment. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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