Band with provisioning in a telecommunications system having radio links
First Claim
1. A communications system providing for radio communication between a subscriber equipment and a communications interface by way of automatic controlling means, the radio communication provision including capability for communications at least two channel bandwidths,the subscriber equipment having a first capability to operate at a first bandwidth and a second capability to operate at a second bandwidth,the system having means for reconfiguring from a first system configuration using only said first bandwidth for said subscriber equipment radio communication to a second system configuration further allowing use of a second bandwidth for said communication,wherein said second system configuration is implemented by said controlling means upon request for operation at said second bandwidth dependant on predetermined system requirements including the availability of bandwidth.
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Abstract
This invention relates to telecommunication bandwidth provisioning systems in radio telecommunications. Radio-link networks are inevitably constrained by limited availability of radio channels within the radio spectrum assigned to such use. The consequent need of and benefit from optimising management of assignment of radio channels is self-evident. Such need and benefit are emphasised where different usages by the same subscribers have different radio bandwidth requirements. For example, voice calls generally require less radio bandwidth than data transfers via computer modems, and are typically handled by 32 Kilobits per second (Kb/s) and 64 Kb/s radio channels, respectively. The present invention provides a system and method of operating at different bandwidths and of providing a billing system therefor.
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19 Claims
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1. A communications system providing for radio communication between a subscriber equipment and a communications interface by way of automatic controlling means, the radio communication provision including capability for communications at least two channel bandwidths,
the subscriber equipment having a first capability to operate at a first bandwidth and a second capability to operate at a second bandwidth, the system having means for reconfiguring from a first system configuration using only said first bandwidth for said subscriber equipment radio communication to a second system configuration further allowing use of a second bandwidth for said communication, wherein said second system configuration is implemented by said controlling means upon request for operation at said second bandwidth dependant on predetermined system requirements including the availability of bandwidth.
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10. A communication system serving a plurality of subscribers and comprising:
- an automatic controlling means including a database of subscriber information;
a plurality of subscriber radio communication links capable of communicating over two or more bandwidths;
an exchange facility;wherein each subscriber may be connected to said exchange facility by a subscriber radio communications link over one of said bandwidths; and wherein said automatic controlling means is adapted to reconfigure the system such that said subscriber connection is by said subscriber radio communications link over a second said bandwidth, said reconfiguration being dependent on subscriber bandwidth requirements or requests communicated to said controlling means, subscribe information, and system capability including the availability of bandwidth. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13)
- an automatic controlling means including a database of subscriber information;
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14. A method of operating a communications system serving a plurality of subscribers and comprising:
- automatic controlling means including a database of subscriber information;
a plurality of subscriber radio communications links capable of communicating over two or more bandwidths;
an exchange facility;
wherein each said subscriber is connected to said exchange facility by one of said subscriber radio communications links over one of said bandwidths;
the method comprising;(a) receiving a request to change the bandwidth of a subscriber radio communications link, (b) determining the system configuration including the availability of bandwidth such that the request is denied if the system is incapable of being reconfigured to support the request of bandwidth change; (c) determining from the subscriber information whether the subscriber using said subscriber communications link is permitted the requested bandwidth change; (d) reconfiguring the system and the subscriber radio communication link to operate at the requested bandwidth if the system is reconfigurable as determined in step (b), and the subscriber is permitted to change as determined in step (c). - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
- automatic controlling means including a database of subscriber information;
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