Method of providing access to a telecommunications system

• US 6,243,586 B1
• Filed: 06/27/2000
• Issued: 06/05/2001
• Est. Priority Date: 03/20/1998
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Alcatel SA (Nokia Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Alcatel SA (Nokia Corporation)
• Inventors: McGuire, Robert J.
• Primary Examiner(s): VO, NGUYEN THANH
• Application Number:
  US09/604,483
• Time in Patent Office: 343 Days
• Field of Search: 455/518, 455/519, 455/520, 455/62, 455/509, 455/450, 455/452, 455/453, 455/522
• US Class Current: 455/452.1
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 24/00 Supervisory, monitoring or testing arrangements
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/00 Services specially adapted for wireless communication networks; Facilities therefor
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 52/228 using past power values or information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 52/50 at the moment of starting communication in a multiple access environment
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/044 based on the type of the allocated resource
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 84/14 WLL [Wireless Local Loop]; RLL [Radio Local Loop]

Abstract

A method for transmitting data is provided. The method includes receiving a service request for a standby subscriber terminal, such as when a call is placed to or from the standby subscriber terminal. The number of telecommunications channels carried by a trunk group is then changed, such as by increasing or decreasing the number of encoded telecommunications channels carried by the trunk group. The standby subscriber terminal is then assigned to one of the telecommunications channels of the trunk group.

Claims

1. A method for providing access to a telecommunications system comprising:

determining a number of active subscriber terminals assigned to each of two or more trunk groups;

determining a number of spare telecommunications channels available for each trunk group;

determining a number of standby subscriber terminals requesting access;

assigning one or more of the standby subscriber terminals to one or more of the spare telecommunications channels.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein assigning one or more of the standby subscriber terminals to a spare telecommunications channel further comprises:

increasing the number of telecommunications channels for a trunk group; and

assigning one or more of the standby subscriber terminals to one or more of the additional telecommunications channels.

3. The method of claim 1 wherein assigning one or more of the standby subscriber terminals to a spare telecommunications channel comprises:

decreasing the amplification power level for a first trunk group;

increasing the amplification power level for a second trunk group;

increasing the number of telecommunications channels of the second trunk group; and

assigning each standby subscriber terminal to one of the additional telecommunications channels.

4. The method of claim 1 wherein assigning one or more of the standby subscriber terminals to a spare telecommunications channel further comprises:

increasing the number of channels that can be serviced by a trunk group to create more spare telecommunications channels; and

assigning one or more of the standby subscriber terminals to one or more of the spare telecommunications channel.