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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 17, 2012
Filed:
Sep. 24, 2009
Colin Kahn, Morris Plains, NJ (US);
Philip Lamoureux, Succasunna, NJ (US);
Michael Turner, Madison, NJ (US);
Tomas Young, Parsippany, NJ (US);
Colin Kahn, Morris Plains, NJ (US);
Philip Lamoureux, Succasunna, NJ (US);
Michael Turner, Madison, NJ (US);
Tomas Young, Parsippany, NJ (US);
Alcatel Lucent, Paris, FR;
Abstract
To manage resource allocation between users of a wireless or wireline network, recent resource usage by each user is determined and priorities are assigned accordingly. Then, the network resources are allocated according to the assigned priorities. A respective priority of a user may be inversely proportional to the recent resource usage by that user. To facilitate continuous fair distribution of the network resources, the users may be re-prioritized and resources are re-allocated accordingly. Information about recent resource usages by the users is continuously accumulated, including about users moving from one access point of the network to another. When resource allocation for a particular access point is determined, recent resource usage for a user that has joined the access point from another access point in the network may include prior resource usage by that user at the other access point.