Method for controlling traffic load in mobile communication system

• US 6,469,993 B1
• Filed: 12/31/1998
• Issued: 10/22/2002
• Est. Priority Date: 09/15/1998
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Aegis 11 S.A. (Fineur International S.A.)
• Original Assignee: LG Information & Communications Ltd. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: Heo, Cheol Kyun, Seo, Chang Keun
• Primary Examiner(s): Ngo, Ricky
• Assistant Examiner(s): TRAN, PHUC H
• Application Number:
  US09/223,734
• Time in Patent Office: 1,391 Days
• Field of Search: 370/229, 370/230, 370/231, 370/232, 370/233, 370/234, 370/235, 370/236, 370/319, 370/322, 370/324, 370/329, 370/330, 370/337, 370/346, 370/347, 370/461, 370/462, 370/471, 370/521, 370/468, 370/331, 370/444, 370/445, 455/450, 455/451, 455/452, 455/453, 455/454, 455/455, 455/512, 455/527, 455/166.2
• US Class Current: 370/329
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/52 based on load
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/566 of the information or information source or recipient

Abstract

Method for controlling a traffic load in a mobile communication system, including the steps of (1) providing dynamic priority group numbers(P_DPROTG) which will be made available depending on a traffic load to each terminal which has a predefined priority in a cell, the dynamic priority group numbers(P_DPROTG) being provided in a system, (2) transmitting a permitted dynamic priority group number(P-DPROTG) from the system to each terminal in fixed time intervals depending on the traffic load, (3) each terminal calculating a dynamic priority(DRPOT) of the terminal, (4) each terminal comparing the P_DPROTG from the system and the DPROT calculated by the terminal itself, to determine a dynamic priority group number to which the terminal belongs, and (5) according to a result of the determination in the step (4), each terminal determining, and executing a user data transmission to the system.

Claims

1. A method for controlling a traffic load in a mobile communication system, comprising the steps of:

(1) providing dynamic priority group numbers(P_DPROTG) which will be made available depending on a traffic load to each terminal which has a predefined priority in a cell, the dynamic priority group numbers(P_DPROTG) being provided in a system;

(2) transmitting a permitted dynamic priority group number(P_DPROTG) from the system to each terminal in fixed time intervals depending on the traffic load;

(3) each terminal calculating a dynamic priority(DRPOT) of the terminal;

(4) each terminal comparing the P_DPROTG from the system and the DPROT calculated by the terminal itself, to determine a dynamic priority group number to which the terminal belongs; and

,

(5) according to a result of the determination in the step (4), each terminal determining, and executing a user data transmission to the system.

2. A method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the step (5) includes the steps of,

transmitting a user data to the system when a level of the DPROT is higher than, or equal to a level of the P_DPROTG as a result of the determination, and

waiting for the transmission of a user data to the system when the level of the DPROT is lower than the level of the P_DPROTG as the result of the determination.

3. A method as claimed in claim 2, further including the steps of;

the system transmitting an updated P_DPROTG corresponding to the changed traffic overload to each terminal when a traffic load on the cell is changed;

the waited terminal keeping checking the level of the dynamic priority of the waited terminal being higher than the level of the updated P_DPROTG; and

,

the waited terminal transmitting the waited user data to the system when the level of the dynamic priority of the waited terminal is higher than the level of the updated P_DPROTG.

4. The method as claimed in claim 1, further comprising the terminal transmitting the user data to the system without comparing the DPROT of the terminal to the P_DPROTG when a dynamic priority group (DRPOTG) of the P_DPROTG from the system is set to “

0”

.

5. A method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the DPROT of the terminal is calculated with an equation, below;

6. A method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the fixed time interval is 20 ms.

7. A method as claimed in claim 1, wherein each of the terminals is a terminal which has an active packet data service state.

8. A method for controlling a traffic load in a mobile communication system, comprising:

(1) providing dynamic priority group number fields (P_DPROTG) which will be made available depending on a traffic load to each of a plurality of terminals having a predefined priority in a cell, the dynamic priority group number fields (P_DPROTG) being provided in a system;

(2) setting up a forward fundamental channel (F-FCH) and a reverse fundamental channel (R-FCH) between the system and each of the terminals in one cell;

(3) transmitting a supplemental channel (SCH) request message (SCRM from each terminal to the system, and the system, in response to the transmission of the SCRM, transmitting a supplemental channel assignment message (SCAM) to each terminal;

(4) transmitting the P_DPROTG from the system to each terminal through the F-FCH according to the traffic load state;

(5) each terminal calculating a dynamic priority PPROT) of the terminal;

(6) each terminal comparing the DPROT of the terminal to the P_DPROTG from the system, to determine a dynamic priority group number to which the terminal belongs; and

(7) one of transmitting user data to the system and temporarily blocking transmission of user data to the system according to a result of the determination of step (6).

9. The method as claimed in claim 8, further comprising transmitting a number of dynamic priority groups currently set up in the system and a dynamic priority boundary of each group from the system to each terminal in an overhead message through one of a paging channel and a common channel.

10. The method as claimed in claim 9, wherein the boundary of each group is a maximum value, and a dynamic priority boundary of the group ranges from a value that is one (1) greater than a maximum value of a group one stage lower than the group in question to the maximum value of the group in question.

11. The method as claimed in claim 8, wherein the step (7) further comprises:

transmitting user data to the system when a level of the DPROT is greater than or equal to a level of the P_DPROTG as a result of the determination, and

blocking the transmission of user data to the system when the level of the DPROT is lower than the level of the P_DPROTG as the result of the determination.

12. The method as claimed in claim 11, further comprising additionally transmitting a field X_STOP), informing a transmission OK of the user data of the blocked terminal, from the blocked terminal to the system through the F_FCH.

13. The method as claimed in claim 12, wherein the field (TX_STOP) is a 1 bit signal added to all frames transmitting and receiving through the R_FCH.

14. The method as claimed in claim 11, further comprising:

transmitting an updated P_DPROTG corresponding to the changed traffic overload from the system to each terminal when a traffic load on the cell is changed;

the blocked terminal repeatedly checking to determine if the level of the dynamic priority of the blocked terminal is higher than the level of the updated P_DPROTG; and

the blocked terminal transmitting user data to the system when the level of the dynamic priority of the blocked terminal is higher than the level of the updated P_DPROTG.

15. The method as claimed in claim 14, further comprising transmitting the updated P_DPROTG from the system in fixed time intervals through the F-FCH after the blocked terminal transmits the user data to the system through the R_FCH.

16. The method as claimed in claim 15, wherein the fixed time interval is 20 ms.

17. The method as claimed in claim 8, further comprising transmitting the user data from the terminal to the system without comparing the DPROT of the terminal to the P_DPROTG when a dynamic priority group (DPROTG) of the P_DPROTG from the system is set to “

0”

.

18. The method as claimed in claim 8, wherein the DPROT of the terminal is calculated with an equation,

19. The method as claimed in claim 8, wherein the fixed time interval is 20 ms.

20. The method as claimed in claim 8, wherein each of the terminals is a terminal which has an active packet data service state.

21. A method of controlling traffic in a mobile communication system, comprising the steps of:

receiving a permitted dynamic priority group number transmitted from a base station to a mobile terminal;

calculating a dynamic priority by the mobile terminal;

comparing the permitted dynamic priority group number to the calculated dynamic priority; and

during the transmission of data to the base station and temporarily suspending transmissions to the base station based on a result of the comparison.

22. The method of claim 21, wherein data is transmitted to the base station when the calculated dynamic priority is greater than or equal to the permitted dynamic priority group number, and wherein transmissions are temporarily suspended to the base station if the dynamic priority is less than the permitted dynamic priority group member.

23. The method of claim 21, wherein the base station transmits the permitted dynamic priority group number to the mobile terminal when the traffic load on the communication channel exceeds a prescribed level.

24. The method of claim 21, wherein a priority of the mobile terminal is predefined in the mobile communication system.

25. A method of controlling traffic a communication system, comprising the steps of:

setting a priority level of each of a plurality of mobile terminals; and

dynamically controlling data transmissions of each of the plurality of mobile terminals in accordance with the priority level of each mobile terminal and a congestion level of the communication system.

26. The method of claim 25, wherein the priority level of each mobile terminal is set by the corresponding mobile terminal.

27. The method of claim 26, wherein the priority level of each mobile terminal is set in accordance with a waited quantity, a served quantity, and a constant value based on a predefined priority.