Method and systems for allocating bandwidth
Patent Information
- Authority / Receiving Office
- CN · China
- Patent Type
- Applications(China)
- Current Assignee / Owner
- SIEMENS AG
- Publication Date
- 2009-12-02
- Estimated Expiration
- Not applicable · inactive patent
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Abstract
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[0001] The present invention generally relates to bandwidth allocation in VoIP telecommunication systems, wherein bandwidth is allocated according to dynamic rate based techniques. Background technique
[0002] The invention is illustrated with a possible application of the invention in a satellite telecommunication system.
[0003] Satellite communications are characterized by scarce and expensive bandwidth. The lack of satellite bandwidth requires bandwidth to be reused through a suitable centralized access method controlled by a Hub-gateway device. The main disadvantage of such a centralized bandwidth rate control method is that it implies round-trip satellite link delays for the bandwidth allocation to the remote stations to be done by the hub gateway, which is hereinafter schematically represented by FIGS. 1 to 5 is illustrated graphically.
[0004] Fig. 1 is a block diagram schematically showing an exemplary architecture of a partially packet-based s...