Method and system for zone-based capacity control
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1. A method of controlling capacity in a communication system, comprising:
- receiving a request to establish a communication session between a plurality of subscribers;
making a determination that more than a threshold number of the subscribers are located in a common zone; and
responsive to the determination, barring at least one of the subscribers located in the common zone from participating in the session.
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Abstract
A mechanism is disclosed for controlling capacity in a communication system, based on zones in which subscribers are located. When a subscriber seeks to establish a communication session among multiple subscribers, a determination is made as to whether more than a threshold number of the subscribers are located in a common zone. If so, the excess subscribers in that zone are excluded from participating in the session.
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32 Claims
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1. A method of controlling capacity in a communication system, comprising:
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receiving a request to establish a communication session between a plurality of subscribers;
making a determination that more than a threshold number of the subscribers are located in a common zone; and
responsive to the determination, barring at least one of the subscribers located in the common zone from participating in the session. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A method of controlling capacity in a communication system, comprising:
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receiving a request to establish a communication session between a plurality of subscribers;
making a determination that X more than a threshold number of the subscribers are located in a common zone; and
responsive to the determination, barring the X more subscribers from participating in the session.
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7. A method of capacity control in a wireless communication system, the wireless communication system including a plurality of service areas for serving mobile subscribers, the method comprising:
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receiving a request to establish a communication session between a group of the mobile subscribers;
making a determination that the group of mobile subscribers includes more than a threshold number of mobile subscribers operating in a given service area of the wireless communication system; and
in response to the determination, excluding at least one of the mobile subscribers located in the given service area from participating in the communication session. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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24. A method of controlling capacity in a cellular communication system, the cellular communication system defining a number of sectors, the method comprising:
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allowing up to only a threshold number of mobile stations in a given sector to engage in a conference session with each other at any given time; and
barring more than that threshold number of mobile stations from participating in the conference session.
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25. A system for controlling capacity in a communication system, the system comprising:
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means for receiving a request to establish a communication session between a plurality of subscribers;
means for making a determination that more than a threshold number of the subscribers are located in a common location; and
means for barring at least one of the subscribers from participating in the session, in response to the determination.
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26. A system for controlling capacity in a communication system, the system comprising:
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at least one processor;
data storage holding threshold data and program instructions;
the threshold data indicating, for each of a plurality of service areas, a threshold number of subscribers that are allowed to engage in a communication session with each other in the service area;
the program instructions being executable by the at least one processor, in response to a request to establish a communication session among a group of subscribers, to;
reference the threshold data to determine the threshold number of subscribers that are allowed to engage in a communication session with each other in a given service area;
make a determination that the group of subscribers includes more than the threshold number of subscribers operating in the given service area; and
responsive to the determination, bar a sufficient number of the subscribers from participating in the session so that at most the threshold number of subscribers operating in the given service area participate in the session.
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- 27. A service agent coupled with a packet-switched network, the service agent being programmed to receive a request to initiate a communication session among a group of subscribers and to responsively (i) make a determination that the group includes more than a threshold number of subscribers operating in a given service area and (ii) responsive to the determination, truncate the group to include at most the threshold number of subscribers operating in the given service area.
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