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Packet switched traffic management in a cellular telecommunications system

  • US 5,742,588 A
  • Filed: 09/18/1995
  • Issued: 04/21/1998
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/18/1995
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. In a cellular telecommunications system comprising a plurality of packet radio channels wherein each packet radio channel is controlled by packet radio channel controller, and a plurality of transceiving stations, each of said transceiving stations capable of transmitting and receiving data packets and sharing a packet radio channel, a method of managing admission to the plurality of packet radio channel of said system, said method comprising the steps of:

  • (a) receiving an indication that admission is needed to a packet radio channel for a packet call;

    (b) sending an admission request to a first packet radio channel controller;

    (c) receiving a response from the first packet radio channel controller;

    (d) determining if said response indicates that said packet call is to be admitted to a packet radio channel associated with the first packet radio channel controller; and

    (e) repeating steps (b), (c) and (d), for each of the plurality of packet radio channel controllers, until said response indicates said packet call is to be admitted to one of said packet radio channels, or until a negative response has been received from each of the plurality of packet radio channel controllers.

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