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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Sep. 10, 2019

Filed:

Apr. 24, 2014
Applicant:

Telefonaktiebolaget Lm Ericsson (Publ), Stockholm, SE;

Inventor:

Ricardo Paredes, Ottawa, CA;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 48/06 (2009.01); H04W 88/08 (2009.01); H04W 28/02 (2009.01); H04W 48/10 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 48/06 (2013.01); H04W 28/0247 (2013.01); H04W 28/0289 (2013.01); H04W 48/10 (2013.01); H04W 88/08 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method and apparatus for defining access barring parameters in a communication network is provided. In a communication network that includes a base station in communication with multiple User Equipments, UEs. A number of UEs attempting to access the base station for a first time period is estimated. A barring factor is determined for a second time period based at least in part on the estimated number of UEs attempting to access the base station. The second time period is different than the first time period. A barring time is determined based at least in part on the determined barring factor for the second time period.


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