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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 20, 2004
Filed:
Dec. 21, 2000
Lakshmana Rao Chintada, Redmond, WA (US);
Liang A. Hong, Redmond, WA (US);
Kamyar Moinzadeh, Renton, WA (US);
Donald P. Wahlstrom, Woodinville, WA (US);
AT&T Wireless Services, Inc., Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
A method of dynamically controlling congestion in a wireless communication system. The method generally comprises the steps of: (a) the medium access control layer detecting congestion; (b) the medium access control layer communicating a control message with the data link control layer indicating a congested state; (c) in the congested state, the data link layer placing frames received from a higher layer into a data link layer queue and suspending frame transmission to the medium access control layer; and (d) upon receipt of a control message indicating an uncongested state, the data link control layer sending frames to the medium access control layer.