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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 19, 2001
Filed:
Jul. 22, 1998
Kalevi Kilkki, Espoo, FI;
Nokia Telecommunications, Oy, Espoo, FI;
Abstract
A method and system is used in a communication network for charging a flat- rate for a customer's Nominal Bit Rate (NBR,) of the network as well as providing a variable actual Nominal Bit Rate (NBR,) suitable for momentarily desired high nominal bit rates requested by the customer. In one embodiment, the network provides a maximum pool size (S,) which is predefined between a network operator and the customer. In another embodiment, instead of having the maximum pool size, the network provides the variable NBR,by filling the NBR pool progressively as a function of NBR,, a customer's desired Nominal Bit Rate (NBR,), and a constant z, for a period of time. A momentarily much higher NBR,can be provided based on the capacity of the filled NBR pool.