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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 23, 2015
Filed:
Sep. 28, 2011
Applicants:
Raymond Kwan, Swindon, GB;
Takahiro Nobukiyo, Tokyo, JP;
Robert Arnott, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
NEC CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 40/00 (2009.01); H04W 48/06 (2009.01); H04L 12/911 (2013.01); H04W 72/12 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 48/06 (2013.01); H04L 47/822 (2013.01); H04L 47/823 (2013.01); H04W 72/1236 (2013.01); H04W 72/1252 (2013.01);
Abstract
A communications apparatus is described which is capable of auto-tuning a cell admission threshold value used to control admission into a communications network. The apparatus obtains an outage rate for one or more current calls at a node in the network, and also a blocking rate of the rate at which admission requests at the node are blocked and uses these rates to adjust a load threshold to be used in admission control decisions. The apparatus then controls admission of calls at the node in dependence on an estimated current load and the load threshold.