Alcatel Lucent

Alcatel-Lucent USA Inc.

Franciscus Panken

Geert Jan Hoekstra

A method for managing wireless communications includes establishing a quality of service budget on behalf of a wireless station. A service profile is established by determining an average packet size for at least one flow for the wireless station and an average packet frequency for that flow. When more than one flow from a wireless station is desired, the average packet size and average packet frequency for all such flows are combined. The average packet size and average packet frequency are used to determine a capacity consumption for the wireless station. That capacity consumption is then used to determine a threshold transmission speed above which transmission from the wireless station must stay to achieve a guaranteed quality of service level. Allocation of wireless capacity for the wireless station is based upon the determined threshold transmission speed.

Maintaining quality of service for wireless communications

The present invention provides a method that is implemented in a base station. The method includes predicting a transmission rate adaptation associated with a mobile unit during a first time interval. The prediction is based on a signal-to-noise ratio for transmission associated with the mobile unit in the first time interval. The predicted request is for a transmission rate adaptation that is predicted to occur during a second time interval subsequent to the first time interval. The method also includes performing a system reconfiguration or a resource reallocation for communication between the base station and the mobile unit at the predicted transmission rate during the second time interval. The system reconfiguration or the resource reallocation is performed prior to the second time interval.

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Franciscus Panken