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System and method for providing data services using idle cell resources

  • US 6,069,882 A
  • Filed: 07/30/1997
  • Issued: 05/30/2000
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/30/1997
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. In a switched communications system having a switch, remote users, a network access node, and a limited number of channels per network access node, a method for transmitting data using idle channels comprising:

  • a. assigning a priority to each remote user,b. receiving a request for service at the switch for a first remote user;

    c. ascertaining if any channel at the access node of the first remote user is idle; and

    d. if a channel is not idle,i. searching for a second remote user with a priority lower than the first remote user among the remote users that are using the channels of the access node;

    ii. if a second remote user with a priority lower than the first remote user is found,(a) terminating the call of the second remote user; and

    (b) allocating the cannel of the second remote user to the first remote user; and

    iii. if a second remote user with a priority lower than the first remote user is not found,(a) placing the request for service for the first remote user in a queue;

    (b) ordering the queue based on the priority of the remote users in the queue; and

    (c) when a channel becomes idle, allocating that idle channel to the remote user at the head of the queue.

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