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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 01, 2014
Filed:
Apr. 06, 2010
Matteo Maria Andreozzi, Pisa, IT;
Marco Caretti, Turin, IT;
Daniele Franceschini, Turin, IT;
Roberto Rossi, Genoa, IT;
Dario Sabella, Turin, IT;
Giovanni Stea, Pisa, IT;
Matteo Maria Andreozzi, Pisa, IT;
Marco Caretti, Turin, IT;
Daniele Franceschini, Turin, IT;
Roberto Rossi, Genoa, IT;
Dario Sabella, Turin, IT;
Giovanni Stea, Pisa, IT;
Telecom Italia S.p.A., Milan, IT;
Abstract
In a communication network, a node receives from user equipment information on the length of a queue of information units to be transmitted to the node from the user equipment. The information, for possible use by the node in scheduling transmission of these information units from the user equipment, is in the form of quantized queue length information indicative of a lower bound and an upper bound for the queue length. Transmission of information units from the user equipment to the node is detected at the node, and an improved estimate of the queue length is produced by correcting the lower bound and the upper bound via subtraction of the number of the detected information units transmitted from the user equipment to the node.