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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 24, 2004
Filed:
Oct. 16, 1998
Achal Patel, McKinney, TX (US);
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
A system of wireless network with capabilities of transporting data packets, wherein the data transmission activity of each data connection is determined using the localized air interface capacity threshold and available bandwidth estimates obtained via the messages sent by the wireless network (FIG. ). The system provides a unique and efficient way of providing control over data packet transmissions over a wireless network. The localized wireless network capacity threshold and available bandwidth estimates are obtained via use of empirical formulae and are improved upon via the use of messaging obtained from the wireless network by the Bandwidth Estimator ( ) (FIG. and ). The data transmission activity factors of all data connections are determined by the Bandwidth Estimator using the localized capacity threshold and available bandwidth estimates, along with the priority/class of traffic of specific data calls (FIG. ). The data transmission activity factors are implemented using the transmission window size update and local queuing by the Data Controller ( ) (FIG. ). Various implementations and interconnectivities of the Bandwidth Estimator and Data Controller functions are outlined (FIGS. ).