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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 08, 2013
Filed:
Dec. 21, 2007
Sun-uk Park, Union City, CA (US);
Jian LI, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Zhi LI, Martinez, CA (US);
AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P., Atlanta, GA (US);
Abstract
Methods and apparatus to allocate shared resources of a high speed packet access channel in a communication network are disclosed. An example method to allocate shared resources of a high speed packet access channel disclosed herein comprises providing information to a user device describing a plurality of service options for exchanging data over the high speed packet access channel, wherein the information comprises a plurality of costs based on an availability of the shared resources, and allocating at least a portion of the shared resources of the high speed packet access channel to the user device according to a selected service option from the plurality of service options.