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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 23, 2015
Filed:
Feb. 02, 2011
Srinivas Katar, Gainesville, FL (US);
Lawrence W. Yonge, Iii, Ocala, FL (US);
James G Zyren, Melbourne Beach, FL (US);
Srinivas Katar, Gainesville, FL (US);
Lawrence W. Yonge, III, Ocala, FL (US);
James G Zyren, Melbourne Beach, FL (US);
QUALCOMM Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);
Abstract
Network devices of a particular device class can implement a distributed bandwidth control (DBC) protocol to utilize resources of a communication network in accordance with a threshold amount of resources allocated for DBC device communication. A DBC device of a plurality of DBC devices can determine a transmission cost associated with a pending DBC transmission. The pending DBC transmission is initiated. A delay time period associated with the initiated pending DBC transmission can be calculated based, at least in part, on the transmission cost associated with the initiated DBC pending transmission and a threshold transmission cost associated with DBC device communications. Subsequent transmissions of the DBC device and all other DBC devices in the communication network can be delayed by at least the delay time period associated with the initiated pending DBC transmission of the DBC device.