System and method for mobile assisted admission control
First Claim
1. A method of preserving the quality of service within a digital radio telecommunications system comprising the steps of:
- broadcasting from a base station within the network a maximum data rate access parameter value representing the maximum data rate at which additional accesses can be granted to the network by the base station without an unacceptable degradation of service within the network; and
receiving said broadcast maximum data rate access parameter at a mobile station desiring access to the network;
comparing within the mobile station the value of the maximum data rate access parameter to the data rate at which access to the network is desired by the mobile station; and
inhibiting the transmission of an access request signal from the mobile station if the access desired by said mobile is at a data rate greater than the value of the maximum data rate access parameter value.
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Abstract
A system for inhibiting the transmission of an access request message from a mobile station when either the system is incapable of granting access at the class of service desired by the mobile or access by the mobile at that class of service would increase the interference level of the target base station or a neighboring base station past its interference capacity. In one embodiment, each base station broadcasts a maximum data rate access parameter and any mobile receiving that parameter and seeking access at a greater data rate refrains from transmitting an access request message. In another embodiment, each mobile calculates from its path loss to the base station the power level it must transmit in order to gain access as well as the effect of that transmission on the interference level of both the target base station and neighboring base stations. If transmission at the required power level would increase the interference level of any base station past its maximum capacity, the transmission is inhibited. The system is most effective in CDMA mobile cellular radio systems.
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16 Claims
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1. A method of preserving the quality of service within a digital radio telecommunications system comprising the steps of:
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broadcasting from a base station within the network a maximum data rate access parameter value representing the maximum data rate at which additional accesses can be granted to the network by the base station without an unacceptable degradation of service within the network; and receiving said broadcast maximum data rate access parameter at a mobile station desiring access to the network; comparing within the mobile station the value of the maximum data rate access parameter to the data rate at which access to the network is desired by the mobile station; and inhibiting the transmission of an access request signal from the mobile station if the access desired by said mobile is at a data rate greater than the value of the maximum data rate access parameter value. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4)
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5. A system for preserving the quality of service within a digital radio telecommunications system comprising the steps of:
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means for broadcasting from a base station within the network a maximum data rate access parameter value representing the maximum data rate at which additional accesses can be granted to the network by the base station without an unacceptable degradation of service within the network; and means for receiving said broadcast maximum data rate access parameter at a mobile station desiring access to the network; means for comparing within the mobile station the value of the maximum data rate access parameter to the data rate at which access to the network is desired by the mobile station; and means for inhibiting the transmission of an access request signal from the mobile station if the access desired by said mobile is at a data rate greater than the value of the maximum data rate access parameter value. - View Dependent Claims (6, 7, 8)
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9. A method for controlling access to a cellular radio telecommunications system by a mobile station seeking access to a base station at a given quality of service and data rate having an associated SIR value and in which a base station regularly broadcasts parameter values indicating the power with which it is then transmitting to mobile stations, the total interference currently present at the base station (Itot), and the maximum interference (Imax) the base station can allow, said method comprising:
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receiving at said mobile station each of said broadcast power, total interference and maximum interference parameter values broadcast by said base station; measuring within said mobile station the value of the signal received from said base station and calculating the path loss as the difference in dB between the broadcast power of the base station and the value of its signal received at said mobile station; calculating within the mobile station from said path loss the power value with which the mobile station would need to transmit to the base station in order to be received at a signal value having an adequate SIR value for the quality of service being desired by the mobile station; calculating within the mobile station a new total interference value at the base station if the mobile station begins transmission at the calculated power value; determining whether or not the new total power value at the base station exceeds the maximum interference value with which the base station can allow; and inhibiting the transmission of an access request message signal from the mobile station to the base station if the new calculated total value of interference at the base station exceeds the maximum interference value which the base station can allow. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12)
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13. A system for controlling access to a cellular radio telecommunications system by a mobile station seeking access to a base station at a given quality of service having an associated SIR value and in which a base station regularly broadcasts parameter values indicating the power with which it is then transmitting to mobile stations, the total interference currently present at the base station (Itot), and the maximum interference (Imax) the base station can allow, said system comprising:
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means for receiving at said mobile station each of said broadcast power, total interference and maximum interference parameter values broadcast by said base station; means for measuring within said mobile station the value of the signal received from said base station and calculating the path loss as the difference between the broadcast power of the base station and the value of its signal received at said mobile station; means for calculating within the mobile station from said path loss the power value with which the mobile station would need to transmit to the base station in order to be received at a signal value having an adequate SIR value for the quality of service being desired by the mobile station; means for calculating within the mobile station a new total interference value at the base station if the mobile station begins transmission at the calculated power value; means for determining whether or not the new total interference value at the base station exceeds the maximum interference value with which the base station can allow; and means for inhibiting the transmission of an access request message signal from the mobile station to the base station if the new calculated total value of interference at the base station exceeds the maximum interference value which the base station can allow. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16)
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