Cellular communication system, apparatus and method for management of backhaul resources
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1. A communication network element comprising:
- traffic scheduler logic operable to schedule transmission of a first category of queued traffic across a backhaul interface in accordance with a rate control value, wherein the rate control value is based on at least one of;
at least one control input, wherein the at least one control input comprises at least one of a mean bit rate and a buffer occupancy value for at least one of;
not-just-in-time (NJIT) traffic;
just-in-time (JIT) traffic; and
control signalling traffic, anda strategy for sharing the backhaul interface bandwidth between the first and second categories of traffic; and
traffic manager logic operable to schedule transmission of a second category of queued traffic across the backhaul interface in accordance with a determined backhaul bandwidth allocation,wherein the backhaul bandwidth allocation is based upon a determination of available bandwidth across the backhaul interface, and the available bandwidth is not required for scheduled first category traffic.
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Abstract
A communication network element comprises traffic scheduler logic capable of scheduling transmission of a first category of queued traffic across a backhaul interface in accordance with a rate control value. The communication network element further comprises traffic manager logic capable of scheduling transmission of a second category of queued traffic across the backhaul interface in accordance with a determined backhaul bandwidth allocation, the backhaul bandwidth allocation being based on a determination of available bandwidth across the backhaul interface not required for scheduled first category traffic.
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1. A communication network element comprising:
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traffic scheduler logic operable to schedule transmission of a first category of queued traffic across a backhaul interface in accordance with a rate control value, wherein the rate control value is based on at least one of; at least one control input, wherein the at least one control input comprises at least one of a mean bit rate and a buffer occupancy value for at least one of; not-just-in-time (NJIT) traffic; just-in-time (JIT) traffic; and control signalling traffic, and a strategy for sharing the backhaul interface bandwidth between the first and second categories of traffic; and traffic manager logic operable to schedule transmission of a second category of queued traffic across the backhaul interface in accordance with a determined backhaul bandwidth allocation, wherein the backhaul bandwidth allocation is based upon a determination of available bandwidth across the backhaul interface, and the available bandwidth is not required for scheduled first category traffic. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34)
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17. A communication network element comprising:
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traffic scheduler logic operable to schedule transmission of a first category of queued traffic across a backhaul interface in accordance with a rate control value; traffic manager logic operable to schedule transmission of a second category of queued traffic across the backhaul interface in accordance with a determined backhaul bandwidth allocation, interface manager logic operably coupled to the traffic manager logic, wherein the interface manager logic is operable to calculate the backhaul bandwidth allocation, to provide the backhaul bandwidth allocation to the traffic manager logic, and to manage control signalling traffic provided over the backhaul interface, wherein the interface manager logic is coupled to at least one cell client, wherein the at least one cell client is operable to act as an intermediary between the interface manager logic and at least one frame protocol queue and the at least one cell client is operable to report the at least one buffer occupancy value for queued traffic to the interface manager logic; wherein the backhaul bandwidth allocation is based upon a determination of available bandwidth across the backhaul interface, and the available bandwidth is not required for scheduled first category traffic. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19)
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27. A communication network element comprising:
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traffic scheduler logic operable to schedule transmission of a first category of queued traffic across a backhaul interface in accordance with a rate control value; traffic manager logic operable to schedule transmission of a second category of queued traffic across the backhaul interface in accordance with a determined backhaul bandwidth allocation, wherein the second category of traffic comprises ‘
Non Just-In-Time’
(NJIT) traffic;
wherein the backhaul bandwidth allocation is based upon a determination of available bandwidth across the backhaul interface, and the available bandwidth is not required for scheduled first category traffic. - View Dependent Claims (28)
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35. A method for management of backhaul resources within a communication system, the method comprising:
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at a network element; determining available bandwidth across a backhaul interface; scheduling transmission of a first category of queued traffic across the backhaul interface in accordance with a rate control value, wherein the rate control value is generated based upon at least one of; at least one control input that comprises at least one of a mean bit rate and a buffer occupancy value for at least one of; not-just-in-time (NJIT) traffic; just-in-time (JIT) traffic; and Control signalling traffic, a strategy for sharing the backhaul interface bandwidth between the first and second categories of traffic; determining an available bandwidth allocation across the backhaul interface, wherein the available bandwidth allocation is not required for scheduled first category traffic; and scheduling transmission of a second category of queued traffic across the backhaul interface in accordance with the available bandwidth allocation. - View Dependent Claims (36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 60, 61, 62)
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58. A method for management of backhaul resources within a communication system, the method comprising:
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at a network element; determining available bandwidth across a backhaul interface; scheduling transmission of a first category of queued traffic across the backhaul interface in accordance with a rate control value; determining an available bandwidth allocation across the backhaul interface, wherein the available bandwidth allocation is not required for scheduled first category traffic; and scheduling transmission of a second category of queued traffic across the backhaul interface in accordance with the available bandwidth allocation, wherein the second category of traffic comprises ‘
Non Just-In-Time’
(NJIT). - View Dependent Claims (59)
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