ESTIMATING BANDWIDTH IN COMMUNICATION NETWORKS
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1. A method comprising:
- monitoring, by a personal access point, an amount of backhaul bandwidth available for multimedia and signaling communications by measuring a level of latency associated with existing multimedia and signaling communications.
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Abstract
In general, a method includes monitoring, by a personal access point, an amount of backhaul bandwidth available for multimedia and signaling communications by measuring a level of latency associated with existing multimedia and signaling communications.
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45 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
monitoring, by a personal access point, an amount of backhaul bandwidth available for multimedia and signaling communications by measuring a level of latency associated with existing multimedia and signaling communications. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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7. The method of 5, wherein the personal access point determines an amount of backhaul bandwidth by dividing the total amount of bits transmitted during one or more measurement periods by the aggregate latency over the same measurement periods.
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12. A method comprising:
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receiving, by a private access point, quality of service attributes associated with existing multimedia and signaling communications; and determining, based on the received quality of service attributes, whether an amount of available backhaul bandwidth is available to support an additional session. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15)
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16. A system comprising:
a personal access point configured to monitor an amount of backhaul bandwidth available for multimedia and signaling communications by measuring a level of latency associated with existing multimedia and signaling communications. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 23, 24, 25, 26)
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22. The system of 20, wherein the personal access point determines an amount of backhaul bandwidth by dividing the total amount of bits transmitted during one or more measurement periods by the aggregate latency over the same measurement periods.
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27. A system comprising:
a personal access point configured to; receive quality of service attributes associated with existing multimedia and signaling communications; and determine, based on the received quality of service attributes, whether an amount of available backhaul bandwidth is available to support an additional session. - View Dependent Claims (28, 29, 30)
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31. A computer program product, tangibly embodied in a computer-readable medium, for executing instructions on a processor, the computer program product being operable to cause a machine to:
monitor by a personal access point, an amount of backhaul bandwidth available for multimedia and signaling communications by measuring a level of latency associated with existing multimedia and signaling communications. - View Dependent Claims (32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 38, 39, 40, 41)
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37. The computer program product of 35, wherein the personal access point determines an amount of backhaul bandwidth by dividing the total amount of bits transmitted during one or more measurement periods by the aggregate latency over the same measurement periods.
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42. A computer program product, tangibly embodied in a computer-readable medium, for executing instructions on a processor, the computer program product being operable to cause a machine to:
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receive, by a private access point, quality of service attributes associated with existing multimedia and signaling communications; and determine, based on the received quality of service attributes, whether an amount of available backhaul bandwidth is available to support an additional session. - View Dependent Claims (43, 44, 45)
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