Method and apparatus for determining and managing congestion in a wireless communications system
First Claim
1. A method for use in an access point (AP), the method comprising:
- generating a message that includes a plurality of fields that correspond to a plurality of access categories including a voice category, a video category, a best effort category, and a background category, wherein an integer value is indicated in the message for each of the plurality of access categories; and
on a condition that a field of the plurality of fields is associated with a scaled representation of an average access delay, the integer value for the field of the plurality of fields indicates a first value, on a condition that a field of the plurality of fields represents that an access category of a respective one of the plurality of access categories is unavailable, the integer value for the field of the plurality of fields indicates a second value, and on a condition that a field of the plurality of fields represents that the scaled representation of the average access delay for an access category of the plurality of access categories is not available, the integer value for the field of the plurality of fields indicates a third value; and
transmitting the message to a wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU).
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Abstract
A method and apparatus may be used for network management via MAC measurements. The measurements may include WTRU uplink traffic loading measurement, and an AP service loading measurement. The measurements may be applicable to at least to layers 1 and 2 as applied to, for example, 802.11k in the context of OFDM and CDMA 2000 systems, but may be applicable to other scenarios as well. A method for determining and transmitting congestion information may be provided for a Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) system. The method and apparatus may be used for managing congestion when congestion is detected. The method and apparatus may be used in wireless systems that use a Carrier Sense Multiple Access/Collision Avoidance (CSMA/CA) mechanism. The methods may be implemented in wireless transmit/receive units (WTRU)s and access points (AP)s of various forms.
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27 Claims
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1. A method for use in an access point (AP), the method comprising:
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generating a message that includes a plurality of fields that correspond to a plurality of access categories including a voice category, a video category, a best effort category, and a background category, wherein an integer value is indicated in the message for each of the plurality of access categories; and
on a condition that a field of the plurality of fields is associated with a scaled representation of an average access delay, the integer value for the field of the plurality of fields indicates a first value, on a condition that a field of the plurality of fields represents that an access category of a respective one of the plurality of access categories is unavailable, the integer value for the field of the plurality of fields indicates a second value, and on a condition that a field of the plurality of fields represents that the scaled representation of the average access delay for an access category of the plurality of access categories is not available, the integer value for the field of the plurality of fields indicates a third value; andtransmitting the message to a wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU). - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. An access point (AP) comprising:
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a processor configured to generate a message that includes a plurality of fields that correspond to a plurality of access categories including a voice category, a video category, a best effort category, and a background category, wherein an integer value is indicated in the message for each of the plurality of access categories; and
on a condition that a field of the plurality of fields is associated with a scaled representation of an average access delay, the integer value for the field of the plurality of fields indicates a first value, on a condition that a field of the plurality of fields represents that an access category of a respective one of the plurality of access categories is unavailable, the integer value for the field of the plurality of fields indicates a second value, and on a condition that a field of the plurality of fields represents that the scaled representation of the average access delay for an access category of the plurality of access categories is not available, the integer value for the field of the plurality of fields indicates a third value; anda transmitter configured to transmit the message to a wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU). - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A method for use in a wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU), the method comprising:
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receiving a message that includes a plurality of fields that correspond to a plurality of access categories including a voice category, a video category, a best effort category, and a background category, wherein an integer value is indicated in the message for each of the plurality of access categories; and
on a condition that a field of the plurality of fields is associated with a scaled representation of an average access delay, the integer value for the field of the plurality of fields indicates a first value, on a condition that a field of the plurality of fields represents that an access category of a respective one of the plurality of access categories is unavailable, the integer value for the field of the plurality of fields indicates a second value, and on a condition that a field of the plurality of fields represents that the scaled representation of the average access delay for an access category of the plurality of access categories is not available, the integer value for the field of the plurality of fields indicates a third value; andselecting an access point (AP) based on the message. - View Dependent Claims (13, 16, 17)
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14. A wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) comprising:
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a receiver configured to receive a that includes a plurality of fields that correspond to a plurality of access categories including a voice category, a video category, a best category, and a background category, wherein an integer value is indicated in the message for each of the plurality of access categories; and
on a condition that a field of the plurality of fields is associated with a scaled representation of an average access delay, the integer value for the field of the plurality of fields indicates a first value, on a condition that a field of the plurality of fields represents that an access category of a respective one of the plurality of access categories is unavailable, the integer value for the field of the plurality of fields indicates a second value, and on a condition that a field of the plurality of fields represents that the scaled representation of the average access delay for an access category of the plurality of access categories is not available, the integer value for the field of the plurality of fields indicates a third value; anda processor configured to select an access point (AP) based on the message. - View Dependent Claims (15, 18, 19)
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20. A wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) comprising:
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a receiver configured to receive, from an access point (AP), a message that includes a plurality of fields that correspond to a plurality of access categories including a voice category, a video category, a best effort category, and a background category, wherein an integer value is indicated in the message for each of the plurality of access categories; and
on a condition that a field of the plurality of fields is associated with a scaled representation of an average access delay, the integer value for the field of the plurality of fields indicates a first value, on a condition that a field of the plurality of fields represents that an access category of a respective one of the plurality of access categories is unavailable, the integer value for the field of the plurality of fields indicates a second value, and on a condition that a field of the plurality of fields represents that the scaled representation of the average access delay for an access category of the plurality of access categories is not available, the integer value for the field of the plurality of fields indicates a third value; anda processor configured to decode the message. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23)
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24. A method for use in a wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) comprising:
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receiving, from an access point (AP), a message that includes a plurality of fields that correspond to a plurality of access categories including a voice category, a video category, a best effort category, and a background category, wherein an integer value is indicated in the message for each of the plurality of access categories; and
on a condition that a field of the plurality of fields is associated with a scaled representation of an average access delay, the integer value for the field of the plurality of fields indicates a first value, on a condition that a field of the plurality of fields represents that an access category of a respective one of the plurality of access categories is unavailable, the integer value for the field of the plurality of fields indicates a second value, and on a condition that a field of the plurality of fields represents that the scaled representation of the average access delay for an access category of the plurality of access categories is not available, the integer value for the field of the plurality of fields indicates a third value; anddecoding the message. - View Dependent Claims (25, 26, 27)
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