System and method for adjusting quality of service in a communication system
First Claim
1. A method for controlling a communication involving a remote station, comprising:
- identifying a characteristic of the remote station; and
causing an adjustment to a quality of service level of the communication based on said characteristic, wherein said causing an adjustment comprises causing an adjustment to a parameter based on said characteristic, thereby adjusting said quality of service level of the communication, wherein said causing an adjustment comprises causing an adjustment to a feedback parameter based on said characteristic, thereby adjusting said quality of service level of the communication, and wherein said causing an adjustment comprises one of the group including causing an adjustment to a parameter associated with incremental feedback based on said characteristic, thereby adjusting said quality of service level, causing an adjustment to a parameter associated with threshold feedback based on said characteristic, thereby adjusting said quality of service level, causing an adjustment to a parameter associated with periodic report feedback based on said characteristic, thereby adjusting said quality of service level, and causing an adjustment to a parameter associated with erasure indicator bit feedback based on said characteristic, thereby adjusting said quality of service level.
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Abstract
A system and method for adjusting quality of service in a communication system improves an allocation of resources in a communications environment with shared resources among multiple communicating stations by adjusting quality of service levels based on characteristics of the communicating stations. In a disclosed embodiment, a base station (130) communicates with one or more remote stations (110a, 110b). Quality of service levels for communications between the base station and a remote station 110 are adjusted based on a characteristic of the remote station. In this way, a lower quality remote station can be allocated a lower quality of service level than that allocated to a higher quality remote station, thereby preventing an inefficient allocation of shared resources and improving overall system performance.
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59 Claims
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1. A method for controlling a communication involving a remote station, comprising:
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identifying a characteristic of the remote station; and causing an adjustment to a quality of service level of the communication based on said characteristic, wherein said causing an adjustment comprises causing an adjustment to a parameter based on said characteristic, thereby adjusting said quality of service level of the communication, wherein said causing an adjustment comprises causing an adjustment to a feedback parameter based on said characteristic, thereby adjusting said quality of service level of the communication, and wherein said causing an adjustment comprises one of the group including causing an adjustment to a parameter associated with incremental feedback based on said characteristic, thereby adjusting said quality of service level, causing an adjustment to a parameter associated with threshold feedback based on said characteristic, thereby adjusting said quality of service level, causing an adjustment to a parameter associated with periodic report feedback based on said characteristic, thereby adjusting said quality of service level, and causing an adjustment to a parameter associated with erasure indicator bit feedback based on said characteristic, thereby adjusting said quality of service level. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53)
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54. A remote station apparatus comprising:
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a transmitter for transmitting a characteristic of the remote station; and a control processor for interpreting an adjustment to a quality of service level of a communication that was determined based on said characteristic, wherein said control processor is further adapted for causing an adjustment to a parameter based on said characteristic, thereby adjusting said quality of service level of the communication, wherein said causing an adjustment comprises causing an adjustment to a feedback parameter based on said characteristic, thereby adjusting said quality of service level of the communication, and wherein said causing an adjustment comprises one of the group including causing an adjustment to a parameter associated with incremental feedback based on said characteristic, thereby adjusting said quality of service level, causing an adjustment to a parameter associated with threshold feedback based on said characteristic, thereby adjusting said quality of service level, causing an adjustment to a parameter associated with periodic report feedback based on said characteristic, thereby adjusting said quality of service level, and causing an adjustment to a parameter associated with erasure indicator bit feedback based on said characteristic, thereby adjusting said quality of service level.
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55. A base station apparatus comprising:
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a receiver for receiving a characteristic of a remote station; and a control processor for selecting a quality of service level of a communication between the base station and said remote station based on said characteristic, wherein said control processor is further adapted for causing an adjustment to a parameter based on said characteristic, thereby adjusting said quality of service level of the communication, wherein said causing an adjustment comprises causing an adjustment to a feedback parameter based on said characteristic, thereby adjusting said quality of service level of the communication, and wherein said causing an adjustment comprises one of the group including causing an adjustment to a parameter associated with incremental feedback based on said characteristic, thereby adjusting said quality of service level, causing an adjustment to a parameter associated with threshold feedback based on said characteristic, thereby adjusting said quality of service level, causing an adjustment to a parameter associated with periodic report feedback based on said characteristic, thereby adjusting said quality of service level, and causing an adjustment to a parameter associated with erasure indicator bit feedback based on said characteristic, thereby adjusting said quality of service level.
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56. A method for controlling communication in a shared frequency band, comprising:
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identifying a characteristic of a transmitter; and causing, based on said characteristic, an adjustment to a parameter used in adjusting a power level emitted by said transmitter in the frequency band, wherein said causing an adjustment comprises causing an adjustment to the power level based on said characteristic, thereby adjusting said quality of service level of the communication, wherein said causing an adjustment comprises causing an adjustment to a feedback parameter based on said characteristic, thereby adjusting said quality of service level of the communication, and wherein said causing an adjustment comprises one of the group including causing an adjustment to a parameter associated with incremental feedback based on said characteristic, thereby adjusting said quality of service level, causing an adjustment to a parameter associated with threshold feedback based on said characteristic, thereby adjusting said quality of service level, causing an adjustment to a parameter associated with periodic report feedback based on said characteristic, thereby adjusting said quality of service level, and causing an adjustment to a parameter associated with erasure indicator bit feedback based on said characteristic, thereby adjusting said quality of service level.
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57. A method for controlling a communication involving a remote station, comprising:
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identifying a characteristic of the remote station; and causing an adjustment to a quality of service level of the communication based on said characteristic, wherein said causing an adjustment comprises causing an adjustment to a parameter based on said characteristic, thereby adjusting said quality of service level of the communication, wherein said causing an adjustment comprises causing an adjustment to a feedback parameter based on said characteristic, thereby adjusting said quality of service level of the communication, wherein said causing an adjustment comprises causing an adjustment to a parameter associated with threshold feedback based on said characteristic, thereby adjusting said quality of service level of the communication, and wherein said causing an adjustment to a parameter associated with threshold feedback comprises one of the group including causing, based on said characteristic, an adjustment to a parameter used to adjust a quality level of a received signal required to transmit a threshold feedback, thereby adjusting said quality of service level of the communication, and causing, based on said characteristic, an adjustment to a parameter used to adjust a quality of service increment applied when a threshold feedback is received, thereby adjusting said quality of service level of the communication.
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58. A method for controlling a communication involving a remote station, comprising:
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identifying a characteristic of the remote station; and causing an adjustment to a quality of service level of the communication based on said characteristic, wherein said causing an adjustment comprises causing an adjustment to a parameter based on said characteristic, thereby adjusting said quality of service level of the communication, wherein said causing an adjustment comprises causing an adjustment to a feedback parameter based on said characteristic, thereby adjusting said quality of service level of the communication, wherein said causing an adjustment comprises causing an adjustment to a parameter associated with periodic report feedback based on said characteristic, thereby adjusting said quality of service level of the communication;
wherein said causing an adjustment comprises causing an adjustment to a parameter associated with erasure indicator bit feedback based on said characteristic, thereby adjusting said quality of service level of the communication, and wherein said causing an adjustment to a parameter associated with erasure indicator bit feedback comprises causing, based on said characteristic, an adjustment to a parameter of a filter accepting erasure indicator bits as input and used to determine feedback, thereby adjusting said quality of service level of the communication.
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59. A remote station apparatus comprising:
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means for transmitting a characteristic of the remote station; and means for interpreting an adjustment to a quality of service level of a communication that was determined based on said characteristic, wherein the means for interpreting further comprises means for causing an adjustment to a parameter based on said characteristic, thereby adjusting said quality of service level of the communication, wherein said causing an adjustment comprises causing an adjustment to a feedback parameter based on said characteristic, thereby adjusting said quality of service level of the communication, and wherein said causing an adjustment comprises one of the group including causing an adjustment to a parameter associated with incremental feedback based on said characteristic, thereby adjusting said quality of service level, causing an adjustment to a parameter associated with threshold feedback based on said characteristic, thereby adjusting said quality of service level, causing an adjustment to a parameter associated with periodic report feedback based on said characteristic, thereby adjusting said quality of service level, and causing an adjustment to a parameter associated with erasure indicator bit feedback based on said characteristic, thereby adjusting said quality of service level.
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