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Packet switched radio channel traffic supervision

  • US 5,757,772 A
  • Filed: 10/24/1995
  • Issued: 05/26/1998
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/18/1995
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. In a telecommunication system comprising at least one packet radio channel and a plurality of transceiving stations, each of said transceiving stations capable of transmitting packet calls comprising a plurality of data packets on at least one packet radio channel, a method of supervising traffic on the at least one radio channel, said method comprising the steps of:

  • a) receiving periodic packet reports associated with at least one packet call on the packet radio channel, said packet report including information on a number of frames included in the packet call, a packet identifier for identifying the packet call associated with the packet report and a time stamp indicating when the packet call was placed in a transmission buffer;

    b) calculating the size of the packet call in time in response to the information on the number of frames;

    c) calculating the difference between the time the packet report was received and the time the packet call was placed in the transmission buffer;

    d) calculating the time lapse since a previous packet report having the same packet identifier was received; and

    e) utilizing the calculations from steps b) -d), to calculate an estimated average data traffic for the packet call on the at least one packet radio channel.

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